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.
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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.
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.…
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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.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Idaho over the state's abortion restrictions.
Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center agreed to pay $2.95 million to settle an ERISA lawsuit filed by four former 403(b) plan participants who alleged mismanagement of their retirement plan, according to an Aug. 2 report from Pensions & Investments.