Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and its local affiliate Mission Health filed a motion to dismiss a class-action antitrust lawsuit that alleges HCA Healthcare holds unlawful monopoly power in Western North Carolina, according to a Sept. 15 report from the Asheville…
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A Westfield, Mass., woman has been charged in connection with a fake bomb threat made against Boston Children's Hospital in late August, the Justice Department announced Sept. 15.
A House lawmaker with oversight authority is requesting an investigation into Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare regarding alleged fraud and staffing issues at its facilities.
Lake Forest, Ill.-based pharmaceutical company Akorn Operating Co. agreed to pay $7.9 million to resolve allegations it caused Medicare Part D to pay for three generic drugs that were no longer eligible for coverage.
Ventura County, Calif., supervisors initiated an oversight body on Sept. 13 to ensure the county medical system complies with billing federal healthcare programs following a dispute that cost the county $29 million, according to a Sept. 14 report in the…
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From a hospital in Washington, D.C., facing an executive's retaliation case to a St. Louis-based health system settling a wage lawsuit, here are the latest hospital lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Police on Sept. 14 arrested a Dallas anesthesiologist on a federal warrant as authorities investigate whether the physician tampered with IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas, leading to a colleague's death and patient complications, according to…
An audit from the HHS Office of the Inspector General found that New York improperly billed Medicaid at least $84.3 million for nonemergency medical transportation services provided in New York City.
A Massachusetts nurse has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with a $100 million healthcare fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced Sept. 13.
From a former NBA player pleading to orchestrating a $5M health insurance scheme, to the conviction of a medtech CEO in a $77M COVID-19, allergy testing scheme, here are 11 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has covered since Aug. 25.