A former Joplin, Mo., physician pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to make false healthcare statements for his involvement in a scheme in which he signed orders for products and tests for more than 2,000 Medicare and Medicaid patients…

A federal judge on Sept. 19 denied a request from Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., MD, to be released from jail while he awaits trial on charges related to allegedly tampering with IV bags that led to a death and multiple…

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has pledged to investigate allegations of illegal conduct at the Clinic for Transgender Health at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

A vice president for a pair of North Carolina medical equipment companies pleaded guilty to her role in a $50 million Medicare fraud scheme. 

The owner of a chain of New Jersey mental health clinics has been charged with enlisting his employees to bill Medicaid for services that never happened. 

Hudson Regional Hospital owner and chair Yan Moshe knew there were dozens of firearms being stored in an unlocked closet at the hospital, according to a police report obtained by Politico.

A jury ordered Sterigenics, a medical sterilization company based in Oak Brook, Ill., to award a woman $220 million for exposing her to ethylene oxide gas, which she argued contributed to her cancer diagnosis, according to a Sept. 19 Chicago…

An employee of Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City, Calif., was in stable condition Sept. 19 and a suspect was at large after a stabbing occurred, the Los Angeles Times reported.

A Washington, D.C., federal judge cleared the path for UnitedHealth Group to move forward with the $7.8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare, which has been highly scrutinized by the federal government.

An immigrant nurse who came to the U.S. from the Philippines has filed a lawsuit over a contract with his former employer that he said punishes those who quit their jobs, according to court documents.