An appellate court reversed lower court dismissals of two lawsuits that have been filed against CVS and Walmart, which accuse the retail pharmacy chains of selling homeopathic products that have no clinical benefit next to drugs that do work.
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An employee of the Medical University of South Carolina died Sept. 30 in one of the system's Charleston hospital facilities, prompting a multiagency investigation.
The 2022 elections will be the first in more than a decade in which the security of the Affordable Care Act is not a central issue as the Republican party casts aside its long-running campaign to repeal the 2010 healthcare…
Anesthesiologist, Army physician spouse charged with conspiring to share medical records with Russia
A Maryland anesthesiologist and her spouse, a major in the U.S. Army and a physician, were charged by indictment for allegedly providing confidential health information to an undercover FBI agent to assist Russia related to the conflict in Ukraine, the…
Two Illinois home healthcare company owners were sentenced to prison for their roles in a $6.7 million Medicare fraud scheme.
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Months after a fox bit him on Capitol Hill, Rep. Ami Bera, MD, of California introduced legislation aimed at lowering the cost of post-exposure prophylaxis rabies shots for uninsured Americans.
Husband and wife executives at a Springfield, Mo.-based healthcare charity pleaded guilty to their roles in a scheme that involved embezzlement and bribes paid to multiple elected public officials in Arkansas.
The president of a North Canton, Ohio-based radiology company was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $2 million in restitution to Medicare, Medicaid and two Medicaid managed care organizations for a billing fraud scheme.
A former Kentucky nurse accused of killing a patient will go to trial June 12, 2023, Lexington Herald Leader reported Sept. 30.
CMS regulators are reviewing the results of an investigation into potential violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act at Wilson (N.C.) Medical Center, part of the Duke LifePoint network, The News & Observer reported September 30.