A Florida physician was convicted Feb. 10 for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme that involved billing health insurance companies for $110 million in medically unnecessary services, according to the Justice Department.
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Northern Light Acadia Hospital violated Maine's equal pay law by paying male and female employees different wages for the same work, a federal judge ruled Feb. 8.
Epic, IBM, Teladoc Health and Athenahealth are among the companies supporting proposed health privacy legislation aimed at modernizing outdated health privacy laws and regulations.
From a New Hampshire hospital resolving false claims allegations to nurses accusing PeaceHealth of retaliation, here are the latest hospital lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
The CDC on Feb. 10 proposed new opioid prescribing guidelines that eliminate the recommended dose ceilings for chronic pain patients.
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A federal appeals court on Feb. 9 declined to reinstate the Biden administration's vaccination requirement for federal employees, according to CNN.
Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act through providing kickbacks, the Justice Department said Feb. 9.
A 13-year Medicare payment dispute over a formula for calculating supplemental reimbursements will head back to HHS to be reevaluated, The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Feb. 8.
The University of California will pay $243.6 million to resolve claims by 203 women who alleged that they were sexually abused when treated by a former longtime University of California Los Angeles gynecologist, according to a UCLA statement shared with…
Sixteen state attorneys general asked a federal judge Feb. 4 to block the federal vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.