A Florida man was charged July 27 with conspiracy involving $25 million in fraudulent Medicare claims submitted by Ellwood City (Pa.) Medical Center, according to the Justice Department.
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Danville, Va.-based Piedmont Infusion Services and its owner, Jacob Patterson, agreed to pay $310,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act by submitting false bills to Medicare and Medicaid, according…
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a former MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center worker in Sioux City, Iowa. The worker said she was fired in retaliation for filing an ethics complaint against a heart surgeon, according to a July…
From the feds charging 36 people in an alleged $1.2 billion scheme, to the conviction of a New York medical billing company owner in a $600 million case, here are nine healthcare billing fraud cases that have made headlines since…
A former nurse at Charlottesville, Va.-based Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital pleaded guilty to charges related to fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs, CBS19 News reported July 26.
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From health systems facing lawsuits over data breaches to a physician suing a Houston hospital for defamation, here are the latest hospital lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Three clinical laboratories and two of their owners recently agreed to pay $5.7 million to resolve allegations they submitted false claims to Medicare as part of a kickback scheme.
A Houston physician who resigned her provisional privileges at Houston Methodist Hospital after being suspended for using social media to spread what the hospital called "dangerous [COVID-19] misinformation," is suing the hospital for a second time, according to Houston Public Media.
The former CEO of Little River Healthcare was among 36 defendants across the U.S. charged in criminal cases for their alleged involvement in fraudulent telemedicine, durable medical equipment and cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing fraud.
Lake Oswego, Ore.-based Biotronik Inc. has agreed to pay $12.95 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid by paying kickbacks to physicians to induce their…