An HHS policy that will cut Medicare outpatient drug payments by nearly 30 percent at 340B hospitals in the U.S. is legal, an appellate court panel ruled July 31. The ruling overturns a lower court decision.
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The American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges plan to seek a rehearing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for their site-neutral payment lawsuit.
Federal authorities have indicted a Utah man who allegedly posed as a physician to sell a baseless cure for COVID-19, donning a stethoscope and white lab coat in videos and photos posted on the internet to further his alleged fraud…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has sued a publicly traded property and casualty insurance company for coverage losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, reports Business Insurance.
After a nine-month fight, Anthem BlueCross BlueShield has agreed to pay a $27,000 medical bill for a North Carolina family after a local TV report aired, according to WBTV.
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Pipeline Health, the owner of now-closed Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill.,, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve a 2019 lawsuit in which Melrose Park claimed Pipeline acquired the 230-bed hospital under false pretenses, according to the Chicago…
A man who had a knee replacement at a Centura Health hospital last year has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Centennial, Colo.-based organization for what he claims are predatory billing practices, according to The Durango Herald.
A Massachusetts couple is suing Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital, claiming their 2-year-old daughter died after receiving delayed cancer treatment due to clinicians' negligence.
From a for-profit hospital operator settling a false claims case for $122 million to a former hospital executive charged in a $1.4 billion billing scheme, here are five healthcare billing fraud cases that made headlines in the past month.
The FDA will now require information about naloxone, a drug that treats opioid overdose in emergency situations, on the label for all opioid pain medication and medications that treat opioid use disorder.