A medical clinic in Smithtown, N.Y., shut down after its owner was arrested and charged with posing as a medical professional and running the clinic illegally, according to TV station WABC.
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UnitedHealthcare members should carefully review their health plan policy before following Houston Methodist's advice to access the facility with "out-of-network benefits," an economist wrote in an op-ed for the Houston Chronicle.
The former CEO of Southeast Michigan Accountable Care in Dearborn was sentenced Feb. 19 to three years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in connection with his theft of more than $3.4 million from the ACO, according to…
From a Tennessee hospital settling a false claims case to a Florida physician accused of bilking $26 million from insurers, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
A former nurse at Madison, Wis.-based UnityPoint Health-Meriter was sentenced to 13 years in prison for injuring nine infants in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit between 2017 and 2018, reports the Wisconsin State Journal.
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UnitedHealth Group plans to end its contracts with Mednax physicians in four states, beginning as early as March, the physician staffing group said Feb. 20.
A woman in Chicago was found guilty of partaking in a scheme to defraud $7 million from the Medicare program, according to the Department of Justice.
A former patient technician is suing St. Luke's Health System, accusing the Kansas City, Mo.-based system of racial discrimination and retaliation, reports the Kansas City Star.
The following hospital lawsuits were reported in the past month, beginning with the most recent.
Two hospital employees were killed in a Feb. 19 shooting outside of Jackson, Miss.-based Baptist Medical Center, WAPT-TV reports.