A Leominster, Mass.-based medical equipment company has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations it engaged in "unfair, deceptive and abusive debt collection practices" and improperly collected money from beneficiaries of the state's Medicaid program.
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Two medical equipment suppliers were convicted of healthcare fraud with a scheme worth $3.8 million, according to the Justice Department.
Oncologist Anne Grand'Maison, MD, filed a lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, alleging whistleblower retaliation and gender discrimination, Medscape reported Feb. 15.
California lawmakers closed a loophole that allowed hospitals to supersede family decisions if the patients did not complete an advance directive or designate power of attorney, California Healthline reported Feb. 16.
The Ohio Medical Board has suspended the license of Rudel Saunders, MD, a University of Cincinnati physician and clinical instructor in internal medicine, who allegedly conducted unlicensed genital examinations of patients in his apartment, Fox19 reported Feb. 15.
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A district judge on Fed. 13 denied Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare's bid to dismiss an antitrust suit that claims the seven-hospital system aimed to "crush" a regional competitor by acquiring medical practices and bullying physicians into referral agreements, according to the…
Washington, D.C.-based St. Elizabeths Hospital settled a federal class-action lawsuit over the hospital's mishandling of its October 2019 water crisis and 2020 COVID-19 procedures, DCist reported Feb. 14.
A Taunton, Mass.-based mental health provider and two of its former owners have agreed to pay $940,000 to settle allegations they submitted fraudulent claims to the state's Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program.
New Orleans-based LCMC Health and Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Health System have been accused of using a tracking code in their websites that shares sensitive patient data without patients' knowledge or consent.
From a judge dismissing a physician's defamation case against Houston Methodist Hospital, to a judge ordering Northern Light Mercy Hospital to pay the parents of a man who died from Lyme disease, here are nine hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker's…