Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused it of discriminating against employees based on race, the company said April 22.
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The U.S. Department of Labor is fighting a federal judge's decision that allows two companies to sell health plans to people who agree to internet tracking, according to Bloomberg.
Here are seven recent lawsuits involving commercial payers.
A manager of Merida Group, a chain of hospice and home health agencies in Texas, was sentenced to more than two years in prison for his role in a $150 million fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said April 21.
Hospitals are suing the federal government over a new organ distribution policy, according to The Gazette.
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A Connecticut physician practice suing Cigna over COVID-19 payments exploited a national health emergency and overcharged insurers for diagnostic tests, Cigna claimed in recent court filings.
Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First is facing a new monopoly lawsuit nearly four years after reaching a settlement with plaintiffs who made similar claims, according to Law360.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, a Harvard University specialty hospital in Boston, agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve improper billing allegations, the U.S. Justice Department said April 20.
A man who previously worked in medical research labs at Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital's research institute was sentenced April 19 to 33 months in prison for conspiring to steal trade secrets and sell them to China, according to the…
A New Jersey insurance producer pleaded guilty to filing false statements regarding the delivery of $1.5 million in fraudulent claims by Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Department of Justice said April 19.