Pittsburgh-based UPMC and UPMC Altoona (Pa.) are moving forward with a $100 million civil lawsuit accusing a financial services company of underestimating the health system's pension liability, the Altoona Mirror reports.
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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and one of its hospitals in Palm Springs, Calif., will pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly charged Medicare for implanting unnecessary cardiac monitors in patients in violation of the False Claims Act, the U.S.…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Feb. 7 against White River Health System in Batesville, Ark., accusing the system of firing employees over age 72 due to shortcomings in its insurance policy.
A St. Louis nurse was sentenced Feb. 10 for her role in a healthcare billing scheme, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A woman filed a lawsuit Feb. 10 against Milwaukee-based Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, alleging the facility failed to maintain a safe environment after she was stabbed repeatedly by a stranger in the parking garage, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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The University Medical Center of El Paso (Texas) launched an internal investigation after a patient reported receiving the wrong medical record, according to local ABC affiliate KVIA.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals last week ruled that a nurse's aide who shared a photo of a senior care facility patient on social media did not violate patient privacy laws, reports the StarTribune.
A Connecticut judge affirmed a lower court's ruling in favor of Aetna in a lawsuit over nurse overtime pay, according to InsuranceNewsNet.
An oncologist is suing a California medical center, claiming that physicians there pressure patients to opt for end-of-life care and that the hospital has retaliated against him for speaking out against its practices, according to The Modesto Bee.
From a for-profit hospital operator fighting a securities fraud lawsuit to a Florida health system sued for defamation, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.