A California surgeon was convicted June 16 on 10 counts of healthcare insurance fraud for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by administering excessive and medically unjustifiable X-rays to his patients
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The former director of risk management at West Tennessee Healthcare has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for wire fraud.
A Florida telemedicine company owner was sentenced to 14 years in prison for healthcare and wire fraud that cost Medicare more than $20 million dollars.
Moving care outside the hospital and into patients' homes can have a powerful impact on reducing health disparities. But first, providers must overcome regulatory barriers.
A federal appeals court on June 13 affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit over Houston Methodist's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, the Houston Chronicle reported June 14.
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From a health system settling kickback allegations to a for-profit hospital operator facing an antitrust lawsuit, here are the latest hospital lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with hospital groups June 15 in a case challenging HHS' 340B payment cuts.
The popularity of travel nursing is leaving healthcare facilities and the companies serving them susceptible to misclassification accusations and joint-employer disputes, Bloomberg Law reported June 14.
Four providers settled self-reported fraud claims in May, according to the HHS Office of the Inspector General:
Orlando Health filed a federal lawsuit June 9 against Liberty HealthShare, accusing the healthcare-sharing ministry of trying to get free services it should have paid for and disputing claims without providing details.