A pain management physician is suing New Martinsville, W.Va.-based Wetzel County Hospital for "squeezing him out of the market," the West Virginia Record reported Feb. 20.
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A former nurse at an Ohio nursing home has been sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to surrender her nursing license in connection to a patient's death last May, the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said…
Federal judges struck down a request for nearly $1 million in a sales tax refund from District Hospital Partners, the operator of Washington, D.C.-based George Washington Hospital, The GW Hatchett reported March 6.
The chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board has resigned after the state's Medicaid inspector general found "credible allegations of fraud," the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported March 3.
Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center has agreed to pay $4 million to settle allegations it made improper, non-bona fide Medicaid donations to Polk County, Fla., by assuming and paying certain amounts of the county's financial obligation to other healthcare providers.
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North Carolina House and Senate leaders have agreed on a Medicaid expansion plan, but expansion is only part of the deal, the Charlotte Observer reported March 3.
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, now part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, has agreed to pay $757,585 to settle claims that it overpaid for Medicare, The Center Square reported March 3.
Michele Rose, who, according to her LinkedIn, worked for Jasper, Ind.-based Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges related to the alleged embezzlement of $153,769 from the hospital.
Two owners of a chain of addiction treatment centers in Massachusetts were charged in connection with millions of dollars of healthcare fraud connected to fraudulent billings, the Justice Department said March 2.
Durable medical equipment company Numotion has agreed to pay $7 million to resolve allegations it submitted false claims for reimbursement to Medicaid programs.