On March 10, a federal jury convicted a Houston pharmacist, dubbed the "Compound King," in a $21 million healthcare fraud and kickback scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
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Valencia, Calif.-based Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has fired several employees after wrongfully viewing the information of the Saugus High School shooter, an official confirmed to the Santa Clara Gazette.
The following hospital lawsuits were reported since Feb. 20, beginning with the most recent.
A legal challenge to the Trump administration's rule requiring hospitals to post prices online is testing the bounds of U.S. constitutional free speech, according to Bloomberg Law.
As more providers and insurers consolidate, the chances that both sides will run into disagreements over their in-network contracts have heightened, according to a report from the Center on Health Insurance Reforms from the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute in…
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The owner and operator of a medical billing company in Florida was sentenced to five years of probation March 4 for partaking in a scheme to defraud federal healthcare programs, according to the Department of Justice.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas agreed to reimburse members for out-of-network emergency claims due to delays and incorrect advertising, the Texas Department of Insurance said March 6.
A Wisconsin resident is suing Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health alleging the health system overcharged her for copies of her medical records, according to the Duluth News Tribune.
From the federal government suing Mallinckrodt to a nursing home chain settling false billing allegations, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the latest ACA challenge, it put many Senate Republicans in a tough spot, according to The Hill.