Two former Detroit Medical Center cardiologists won an arbitration award against the hospital's parent company Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, according to a Jan. 5 report from the Detroit Free Press.
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A False Claims Act lawsuit brought against Jackson-based Central Mississippi Medical Center was dismissed Jan. 5 by a federal judge in Mississippi, but the judge ruled the physician still may pursue charges of retaliatory discharge and harassment.
A group of 115 hospitals sued HHS in an attempt to prevent the department from retroactively changing how it calculates Medicare Part A disproportionate share hospital payments for patients who were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans under Part C of…
Walmart pharmacists warned the company for years of opioid sales that seemed dangerous or illegal, and some claim Walmart pressured them not to report the suspicious behavior, NPR reported.
Aetna got a partial win in a proposed class-action lawsuit that claims the health insurer wrongfully denied coverage for a cancer treatment called proton beam radiation therapy, according to court documents.
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Three spine care providers in Tennessee agreed to pay a total of $1.72 million to resolve allegations they submitted improper claims to Medicare and TennCare for electro-acupuncture using a device that does not qualify for reimbursement, the Department of Justice…
The owner and CEO of an inpatient drug treatment center in New York admitted to partaking in a Medicaid billing scheme, state Attorney General Letitia James said Dec. 21.
From an appeals court rejecting hospitals' challenge to a price transparency rule to a medical device company CEO charged with fraud, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits making headlines.
A special task force of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department arrested 90 people during raids of COVID-19 "super spreader" parties on New Year's Eve, according to KTLA.
Forty-six hospitals sued HHS Secretary Alex Azar for the allegedly unlawful reversal of hospital debt policy, which they say has raised their debt payments by nearly $1.4 million.