A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the former owner of a Texas healthcare staffing company with participating in a conspiracy to fix prices, the Department of Justice announced Dec. 10.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
From a Pennsylvania federal court blocking the Federal Trade Commission's challenge to a hospital merger to an Ohio system asking a federal judge to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
New York City-based consulting firm McKinsey issued a statement regarding its past work with Purdue Pharma, saying it failed to contextualize the opioid epidemic's destructive effects when advising the drugmaker on how to increase OxyContin sales.
An appeals court has reinstated claims by a California health system that Kaiser Foundation Health Plan tried to monopolize the health insurance market in Solano County, Calif., according to Bloomberg Law.
Yorai "Benny" Benzeevi, MD, the CEO of a hospital management firm, was recently arrested after fleeing the country to avoid prosecution of crimes he allegedly committed while running Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, according to The Fresno Bee.
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Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has asked a federal judge to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit that McLaren St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, filed against it in November.
A U.S. district judge gave preliminary approval for a $2.7 billion settlement from Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers. The settlement is for an antitrust lawsuit that accuses the companies of conspiring to divide markets and avoid directly competing with each…
The Supreme Court will decide if Medicaid work requirements supported by the White House should be upheld, according to The New York Times.
From a South Dakota-based health system settling Medicaid billing fraud allegations to a school board suing Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
The owner of an Atlanta-based home healthcare provider was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for defrauding Medicaid out of nearly $1 million, the U.S. Justice Department said Dec. 2.