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.
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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…
A certified nursing assistant who worked at PeaceHealth Cottage Grove (Ore.) Community Medical Center has filed a lawsuit, claiming he was fired in retaliation for his complaints about what he described as unsafe staffing, according to The Lund Report.
A nurse has been sentenced to one year in prison for tampering with injectable fentanyl while working at a hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., the U.S. Justice Department said July 20.
A patient at Washington, D.C.-based Deanwood Rehabilitation and Wellness Center was charged July 21 with second-degree murder in the bludgeoning of his 80-year-old roommate with a metal bed rail, The Washington Post reported July 21.
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Gary, Ind.-based Methodist Hospitals has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for $425,000 following a June 2019 phishing attack that compromised the protected health information of patients.
Biogen has agreed to pay $900 million to resolve False Claim Act allegations involving kickbacks.
A physician assistant from Monroe, N.C., was indicted July 20 on federal charges in a genetic testing scheme involving $10 million in fraudulent Medicare claims.
Thirty-six people across the U.S. were charged for their alleged roles in schemes involving $1.2 billion in fraudulent telemedicine, durable medical equipment, cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing, the Justice Department announced July 20.
A North Carolina judge is seeking answers from HCA Healthcare by July 25 in a class-action lawsuit alleging the Nashville, Tenn.-based hospital operator engaged in anti-competitive tactics.