U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Kate Stickles has approved Secaucus, N.J.-based Hudson Regional Hospital to take over operational control of three Jersey City, N.J.-based CarePoint Health hospitals, allowing the system to exit bankruptcy. Hudson Regional now owns and operates Bayonne (N.J.)…
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A Minnesota couple was indicted for an alleged $15 million scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid and other insurers by overbilling for neurofeedback therapy. Four things to know: 1. Gabriel Luthor, 39, and Elizabeth Brown, 42, are accused of intentionally devising…
A jury ruled in favor of San Antonio-based Neurosurgery and Spine Consultants in a noncompete case, but Methodist Healthcare and an affiliate plan to appeal the $24 million verdict, the San Antonio Express-News reported April 10. Methodist Healthcare and Methodist…
From a New York judge dismissing an antitrust lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare and MultiPlan to a Texas judge vacating a Biden-era nursing home staffing mandate, here are 10 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal developments that Becker’s has reported since…
The owner of three Ohio-based home healthcare companies was sentenced to 42 months in prison after she was found guilty on all 13 charges against her in a $5.7 million Medicaid fraud scheme. Sally Njume-Tatsing, 47, formerly of Pickerington, Ohio,…
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One man is dead following an officer-involved shooting April 8 at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., according to a news release from the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting occurred after 1:15 a.m. in the ER triage…
Martins Ferry-based East Ohio Regional Hospital and its owner and CEO, John Johnson, MD, have been hit with a lawsuit following the hospital’s March 14 layoffs and March 21 closure. The lawsuit alleges that the hospital violated the Fair Labor…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against major pharmacy benefit managers, including UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, CVS Health’s Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts, over insulin pricing practices is set to move forward after being paused last week. FTC chair Andrew Ferguson…
Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has paused its effort to evict Lee Health from the Golisano Children’s Health Center in Naples, Fla., providing a temporary reprieve in a high-stakes dispute that threatened access to pediatric care for tens of thousands of…
The Federal Trade Commission has temporarily halted its antitrust case against several top pharmacy benefit managers including Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and Optum Rx, due to a lack of participating commissioners. The administrative adjudication will remain paused for at least…