The former chief investment officer for Regent Medical Properties in Glen Rock, N.J., pleaded guilty March 16 to bank fraud conspiracy involving a $91.5 million commercial mortgage loan, according to the Department of Justice.
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Fourteen defendants have been sentenced to more than 74 years in prison combined and ordered to pay $82.9 million in restitution for their roles in a $200 million healthcare scheme designed to get physicians to steer patients to Forest Park…
HHS on March 18 postponed a final rule that would require the agency to review its existing regulations within several years and to invalidate those that aren't reviewed.
The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System's appeal of a $58 million judgement against it in a breach of contract case, according to WJHL.
Thirteen mental health practitioners and interpreters were charged in an alleged multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme, the Department of Justice said March 18.
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A founder and former hospital administrator at the now-defunct Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for his role in a $40 million kickback scheme, according to the Dallas Business Journal.
A pharmacist and pharmacy technician in Michigan were charged March 17 with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
From California suing the largest nursing home chain in the U.S. to a federal judge blocking a final HHS rule, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits making headlines.
Several healthcare workers terminated by Mount Carmel Health System after an investigation into the overdose deaths of intensive care unit patients can proceed with some of their defamation claims against the health system, its CEO and parent organization Livonia, Mich.-based…