A former nurse at Hacienda HealthCare, a long-term care facility in Phoenix, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Dec. 2 after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting and impregnating a patient in a vegetative state, according to NBC News.
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Two physicians were sentenced to a combined 23 years in prison Dec. 2 for their roles in a hospice agency scam that defrauded Medicare and Medicaid, the Justice Department said. A nurse at the hospice was also sentenced to more…
From a Texas hospital settling a False Claims Act case to litigation over vaccination mandates, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Two hospitals in New York City — Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital — will pay $71.5 million to 79 patients who reported they were sexually abused by a former gynecologist.
After notifying behavioral health providers that they must return previously received payments, Colorado's state Medicaid administrator reversed course Dec. 1, citing a technological error for the notice.
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Flower Mound (Texas) Hospital has agreed to pay $18.2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to government payers that resulted from violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, the Justice Department…
As part of a larger plan to prevent the spread of COVID-19 this winter, President Joe Biden announced that private insurers must begin to cover over-the-counter COVID-19 tests.
A new bill from the House of Representatives seeks to reduce patient costs by closing an ACA loophole regarding nonessential medications and requiring that payers consider copay assistance toward cost-sharing requirements.
A Louisiana pharmacy marketer was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison over his role in an $180 million fraud scheme, the Justice Department said Nov. 30.
HHS is appealing a federal court's decision to temporarily block the start of its vaccination mandate for healthcare workers, according to Bloomberg Law.