Three Florida pharmacies have agreed to pay more than $830,000 to resolve allegations that they conspired to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid for unlawfully prescribed medications.
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An Iowa man has been sentenced June 29 to more than two years in prison for wrongfully accessing and disclosing information from patient records at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
The general manager of California-based pharmaceutical company NHS was sentenced to five years in prison and agreed to pay a $950,000 civil settlement for his role in a fraud scheme that cost Medicare and Tricare nearly $75 million.
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine faces a lawsuit filed by a former employee who alleges she was wrongfully fired, the West Virginia Record reported June 23.
An Alpharetta, Ga.-based medical clinic owner was sentenced to three years in prison for a healthcare fraud scheme that also allegedly involves a former Georgia insurance commissioner, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported June 28.
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The former leader of a rural hospital chain has been convicted for his role in an elaborate pass-through billing scheme, the Justice Department announced June 27.
A woman who worked as a denial specialist for a New Orleans healthcare organization is facing a federal healthcare fraud charge.
States where abortion remains legal are acting to legally protect healthcare providers who perform abortions and reproductive health services for out-of-state residents who live where the procedure is banned or restricted and travel to recieve services.
The former CFO of Pacific Hospital's physician management arm was sentenced to 15 months in prison June 24 for a tax offense related to a kickback scheme, according to the Justice Department.
UPMC faces a lawsuit filed by a patient whose incorrect COVID-19 diagnosis resulted in the cancellation of his summer 2020 wedding, The Tribune-Review reports.