A federal court judge has refused to dismiss a securities fraud class-action lawsuit against Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, according to Bloomberg Law.
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A federal judge temporarily blocked a portion of an Idaho law that would criminalize medical professionals who performed abortions in medical emergencies.
A nurse accused of killing a patient at Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.) by intentional "medical maltreatment" worked at another hospital until she was arrested, according to WKYT.
The University of Texas System is fighting a request filed by a local newspaper to obtain more information about the abrupt resignation of Ben Raimer, MD, from the role of president of the University of Texas Medical Branch.
From a California health plan and three providers agreeing to pay $70.7 million, to a former anesthesiologist sentenced to 10 years in prison, here are seven healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has covered since Aug. 12:
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A secret deal between a group of California hospitals that sought to weaken seismic upgrades at medical centers and a major union collapsed on Aug. 23, days after it was made public, according to a report in the Los Angeles…
A federal judge in Texas backed the state's attorney general Aug. 23 by preliminarily halting HHS guidance, which stated that federal law requires hospitals funded by Medicare to treat patients with appropriate medical emergency care, including abortions when medically necessary,…
A nurse was charged with murder Aug. 23 for allegedly causing the death of a 97-year-old patient at Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.), the Lexington Police Department said in a statement.
A pediatrician at Indianapolis-based Ascension St. Vincent Hospital who was fired after failing to comply with his employer's COVID-19 vaccination requirement will not be granted immediate reinstatement, the Society for Human Resource Management reported Aug. 22.
A federal grand jury in Wichita (Kan.) returned an indictment on Aug. 19 charging two Kansas men with engaging in a healthcare fraud scheme, which resulted in more than $3.7 million in payments from Medicare and Tricare over three years.