From an Ohio system facing an antitrust lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments in a case questioning the legality of the ACA, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Pharmaceutical company Indivior was ordered to pay $289 million in criminal penalties in connection to its guilty plea related to marketing opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone, the Justice Department said Nov. 12.
A federal jury convicted Javaid Perwaiz, MD, on Nov. 9 of 52 counts related to his scheme to perform unnecessary hysterectomies and other surgeries on women and bill insurers for the procedures, according to the Department of Justice.
A group of more than two dozen members of Congress penned a letter to Attorney General William Barr Nov. 10, urging him to reject part of the Justice Department's opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma.
A Pennsylvania physician has agreed to pay the federal government $850,000 to resolve allegations that she submitted fraudulent travel claims to Medicare, the Department of Justice announced Nov. 9.
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UnitedHealthcare didn't violate federal or state parity laws in denying coverage for out-of-state mental health services sought by one of its members, an appellate court said in a Nov. 9 opinion.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard the first arguments Nov. 10 in a case questioning the legality of the ACA.
McLaren St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, has filed an antitrust lawsuit in an attempt to stop Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica from terminating St. Luke's from its insurance network.
CMS issued its 2020 Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Managed Care final rule Nov. 9.
A New Jersey physician has been charged with healthcare fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud for his alleged role in a long-standing billing scheme, the Department of Justice announced Nov. 9.