UMass Memorial Health employees have filed a lawsuit against the Worcester, Mass.-based system, claiming they did not receive wages owed to them after hackers infiltrated the payroll system in December.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
From the Colorado Supreme Court reviewing a medical billing case to a health insurance company suing a former executive, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Twelve physicians in Michigan and Ohio were among 16 defendants sentenced to prison for a healthcare fraud scheme that involved submitting $250 million in false billings to insurers, the Justice Department said March 9.
A patient at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a fellow patient, local police said March 9.
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health and Cape Coral (Fla.) Hospital agreed to pay $12.7 million to resolve allegations that they submitted claims to federal insurers for services that didn't meet coverage criteria.
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A New York physician pleaded guilty to billing Medicare for millions of dollars for medical services that were never rendered, the Justice Department said March 7.
The Colorado Supreme Court will take up a lawsuit March 8 centering on whether a patient who expected to pay $1,337 for a surgery will be on the hook for more of the bill that reached $303,709, according to the…
Five groups have filed amicus briefs in support of a lawsuit in New York that seeks to allow people to receive free legal advice about debt collections, including medical debt from people who are not lawyers, according to court documents.
St. Joseph's/Candler Health System in Savannah, Ga., may have violated federal disability law by rescinding a job offer from a man with HIV, a federal judge ruled March 3, according to Bloomberg Law.
The former director of materials management at Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa, Ky., pleaded guilty March 1 to mail fraud and admitted stealing more than $700,000 worth of medical and office supplies from the hospital, according to the Lexington…