Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Pa., is facing a negligence lawsuit filed more than a year after photos and videos of patients were shared without their consent, TribLive reported Dec. 1. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 21 in Westmoreland…
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Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December, appeared in New York state court Dec. 1 for pretrial hearings that could shape which evidence jurors see at his upcoming trial. Mangione’s defense attorneys are…
The American Hospital Association, Maine Hospital Association and four safety-net hospitals have filed a federal lawsuit to halt “unlawful” changes to the 340B drug pricing program, warning the shift could impose major financial harm on rural and underserved communities. Four…
Vohra Wound Physicians Management and its owner, Ameet Vohra, MD, have agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare.
Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Rural Health Clinic in Trinidad, Colo., and three of its physicians have agreed to pay a combined $650,000 to settle allegations that they improperly prescribed opioids and submitted invalid claims to Medicare and other federal…
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Danville, Ky.-based Ephraim McDowell Health will pay $335,000 to resolve a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in March 2024,…
A physician from Cordele, Ga., pleaded guilty to his role in a $24 million Medicaid fraud scheme. What happened? What next?
A Kansas City, Mo.-based man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for orchestrating a Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for cancer genetic testing and cardiovascular genetic testing. What happened? 1. Jamie McNamara, 50, operated several labs in Louisiana…
Nine employees in Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital’s anesthesiology department turned in their resignations after the chief anesthesiologist’s firing, according to a Nov. 17 report from The Post-Standard. The hospital’s former chief of anesthesiology, Xi Yang, MD, filed a lawsuit Nov.…
Sioux City, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health St. Luke’s Hospital’s level 3 trauma center status has been placed on probation by state regulators for one year, according to a Nov. 13 report from the Iowa Capital Dispatch. This marks the third time…