The Superior Court of San Francisco County denied July 9 Sutter Health's motion to delay a preliminary approval hearing for a $575 million antitrust settlement.
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More health insurers have become interested in offering dental benefits in the past two years, according to a report from business and technology consulting firm West Monroe.
A specialty hospital in Oklahoma City, its management company and a physician group have agreed to pay $72.3 million to resolve false claims allegations, according to the Department of Justice.
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.
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.
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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.
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…