Two nurses are suing Danville, Ind.-based Hendricks Regional Health, alleging that the system has chronically underpaid hourly staff members for time spent preparing for their shifts, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported Aug. 8.
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A New Jersey hospital's marketing director was arrested after police found more than three dozen guns hidden inside an unlocked closet at the hospital, according to the Secaucus Police Department.
The owner and CEO of a Tennessee lab testing company and seven others were indicted for their alleged roles in a $150 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said Aug. 5.
A former North Carolina physical therapy office administrator was convicted for her role in a $34 million scheme to defraud several private health insurers for services that were never provided.
Florida-based AdventHealth Medical Group has agreed to pay $807,000 after it self-disclosed it submitted claims for services that were not performed.
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A Southern California federally qualified health center has accused past board members, executives, and contractors of racketeering, fraud, nepotism, excessive compensation, and blatant self-dealing, according to an Aug. 6 report from The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Two AdventHealth nurses at an emergency room in Ocala, Fla., are suing the hospital over a training session that included a simulated active shooter exercise that trainees were not informed was part of a drill, Fox 35 Orlando reported Aug.…
The owner of a Stuart, Fla.-based durable medical equipment company has pleaded guilty to a $2.2 million fraudulent Medicare billing scheme.
From a for-profit hospital operator facing an antitrust lawsuit to an Illinois health system entering into a settlement in a vaccine mandate case, here are the latest hospital lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
A physician-owned neurological practice in Watertown, N.Y., has agreed to pay $850,000 to resolve allegations it submitted improper claims to Medicare.