A contract impasse between UnitedHealthcare and Providence Anesthesiology Associates left one patient in North Carolina with a more than $15,000 surprise medical bill, according to WBTV.
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A former pharmacist at Grafton, Wis.-based Aurora Medical Center who was accused of intentionally removing 570 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from refrigeration last month agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, the U.S. Department of Justice said Jan. 26.
A former physician of osteopathic medicine who worked at a West Virginia hospital has been sentenced to 300 months in prison and three years of supervised release for sexually abusing veterans, the U.S. Justice Department announced this week.
On average, 17.4 percent of in-network claims were denied by payers that offered ACA plans in 2019, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation report.
A Harris County, Texas, judge on Jan. 25 dismissed a charge of theft by a public servant against Hasan Gokal, MD, a health department physician who was accused of stealing a COVID-19 vaccine vial from a vaccination site where he…
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John Kapoor, the former CEO of Insys Therapeutics, agreed to pay New Jersey $5 million to settle allegations for his role in fueling the opioid epidemic, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Jan. 21.
From a pharmacy mogul ordered to pay $344 million for his role in a scheme to defraud health benefit programs to a North Carolina hospital facing a discriminaton lawsuit, these are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits making headlines.
Two defendants pleaded guilty to partaking in a billing scheme that defrauded more than $109 million from Medicare, the Justice Department said Jan. 20.
Apria Healthcare, a medical equipment provider with more than 300 offices across the U.S., will pay $40 million to settle billing fraud allegations, the Florida attorney general's office said.
A physician at the Harris County (Texas) health department has been charged with theft by a public servant, a misdemeanor, after authorities say he took a COVID-19 vial from the vaccination site where he was working, according to a Jan.…