Steven Brandenburg, a former pharmacist at Grafton, Wis.-based Aurora Medical Center, was convicted Feb. 9 of federal tampering charges after he pleaded guilty to attempting to ruin 570 doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in December, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
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The former CEO of a hospital chain owned by Health Management Associates is entitled to $959,713 in attorneys' fees and expenses after his complaint against HMA helped the federal government secure a more than $260 million settlement, according to Bloomberg…
A former administrator from the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $500,000 from the medical center, the U.S. Justice Department said Feb. 9.
New York City-based consulting firm McKinsey on Feb. 4 agreed to pay $573 million to settle investigations into counsel it provided to Purdue Pharma and other opioid drugmakers, but a hedge fund affiliate fully owned by the firm may benefit…
Dayton, Ohio-based physician Morris Brown, MD, was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in an illegal opioid distribution scheme, the Department of Justice announced Feb. 8.
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A group of hospitals are not entitled to recoup interest they claim they lost after HHS implemented payment cuts for its two-midnight rule for Medicare inpatient admissions, a federal court judge ruled Feb. 8.
Denis Mikhlin, owner of Chesterfield, Mo.-based mobile physician group Doctors on the Go, was sentenced to 108 months in prison after pleading guilty to four felony counts in August related to a medical fraud and kickback scheme, the Department of…
Humana and Roche agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the companies of submitting false claims to Medicare.
The American Hospital Association urged CMS to review new policy changes from UnitedHealthcare for diagnostic and specialty pharmacy services that the insurer says are needed to lower medical costs.
The CEO of a group of Texas-based hospice and home health companies was sentenced Feb. 3 to 15 years in prison for his role in a $150 million healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme, according to the Department of Justice.