The Texas Department of Insurance is putting together a new team that will be tasked with addressing issues involving health insurance, the department said July 2.
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A California surgeon and five others have been charged with carrying out an elaborate insurance fraud scheme, according to a release from the Orange County (Calif.) district attorney's office.
A nurse is suing Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Hospital, alleging the hospital has broken state and federal law by denying lunch breaks and withholding overtime pay, according to The Daily Gazette.
From hospitals filing an appeal in a price disclosure lawsuit against HHS to Novartis paying $678 million to settle kickback allegations, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Shaun Thaxter, ex-CEO of Chesterfield, Va.-based Indivior, pleaded guilty June 30 to a misdemeanor count of misrepresenting the drugmaker's opioid misuse treatment.
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The former leader of a rural hospital chain is among 10 defendants charged with fraud for allegedly participating in an "elaborate pass-through billing scheme," according to the Department of Justice.
John Michael Gowder, former CEO of Union General Hospital in Blairsville, Ga., has been sentenced to prison more than a year after he was convicted on 102 counts related to illegally obtaining more than 15,000 doses of prescription pain medication…
A district court will allow a lawsuit filed against UnitedHealthcare to proceed in which physician staffing firm TeamHealth accuses the insurer of racketeering, according to court documents.
From the Trump administration asking the Supreme Court to strike down the ACA to hospitals losing a lawsuit against HHS over a price disclosure rule, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Health insurers aren't required to cover COVID-19 tests that are a part of workplace safety or surveillance programs, according to an updated CMS factsheet.