The former COO of Butler (Pa.) Health System and her husband pleaded guilty this week to federal fraud and tax charges, according to the U.S. Justice Deparment.
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From a Tennessee hospital settling false billing allegations to a Michigan physician accused of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for treatments that weren't provided, here are the six healthcare billing fraud cases that made headlines since March 1.
The Medical University Hospital Authority, the governing board of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, filed a lawsuit May 18 against Community Health Systems over Medicare payments, according to SCNOW.
Attorneys have filed a lawsuit alleging Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health and its recruiters, CrossFire Group and MedNational Staffing, neglected to address allegations of sexual harassment against a Beaumont supervisor.
Delaware insurance officials have ordered actions to address reports of premium errors among some Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield members with supplemental Medicare coverage.
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Montefiore Medical Center has said it will take legal action against The Wall Street Journal unless the newspaper retracts a claim made in its April 29 report that a patient "died on a ventilator with a setting turned too high…
From a New Mexico hospital settling a discrimination lawsuit to a Chicago hospital sued over a medical records privacy breach, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
An Indiana Court of Appeals reinstated a patient's claim that Fort Wayne-based Parkview Health System is vicariously liable for the actions of an employee who viewed the patient's medical records and wrongfully shared the information, according to The Indiana Lawyer.
Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, N.M., has agreed to pay a former employee $98,000 to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
An employee of Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the health system, claiming it fired her for tweeting that the hospital where she worked failed to follow CDC guidelines on COVID-19 symptom screening and social distancing.