A man was charged with impersonating a police officer at UPMC Hanover (Pa.) Hospital, according to the York Daily Record.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
From a Pennsylvania hospital settling billing fraud allegations to a health insurance company suing a telehealth firm, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Out-of-network providers are inflating the price of COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody tests, according to a report from America's Health Insurance Plans.
CMS has extended the deadline for making revisions to Stark Law, which prohibits physician self-referrals, according to Bloomberg Law.
CMS' encounter data continues to lack identifiers for ordering providers, which are used to identify potential fraud and abuse, according to a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General.
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The former CFO of Health Care Conglomerate Associates pleaded not guilty to charges of embezzlement, conflict of interest and using his official position for personal gain, according to The Sun-Gazette.
Aetna Health of California must stop using national standards to deny payment for emergency room claims, the California Department of Managed Health Care ordered Aug. 25.
A nurse claims she was fired from a Texas nursing home after alerting authorities of cooling problems inside the facility, according to a lawsuit cited by KSAT-TV.
A pain management physician from Houston has paid $530,000 to resolve allegations of deceptive Medicare billing, according to the Department of Justice.
The following hospital lawsuits and settlements were reported since Aug. 1, beginning with the most recent.