From the Department of Justice suing to block a proposed hospital acquisition in Pennsylvania to the Federal Trade Commission suing personal protective equipment sellers, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
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A former employee is suing United Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., to get his job back after he was fired for actions he said were aimed at his safety, the Star Tribune reports.
A Florida couple alleges St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa lost the body of their newborn son, who died three days after this birth, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Anthem filed a lawsuit against one of its former executives that left to work at a competing health plan.
HHS' Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation at UPMC Susquehanna over a 2018 incident in which an employee wrongfully accessed another employee's medical record, according to PennLive.com.
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The following hospital lawsuits and settlements were reported since July 15, beginning with the most recent.
The U.S. Justice Department accused Cigna of using improper diagnostic codes to artificially inflate reimbursement for its Medicare Advantage plans by $1.4 billion in a lawsuit.
From a Colorado hospital accused of using predatory billing practices to two for-profit hospital operators settling a shareholding lawsuit, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Police arrested a Florida couple July 29 for allegedly violating orders to isolate after contracting COVID-19, reports NBC News.
A physician in Delray Beach, Fla., has been arrested and charged for allegedly participating in a healthcare fraud scheme that involved billing for fraudulent tests and treatments, according to the Department of Justice.