The former CFO of Brewster Ambulance Services accused the company of firing him after he tried to expose fraudulent Medicare billing, according to The Patriot Ledger.
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A federal grand jury on Jan. 23 indicted a physician, who was one the biggest prescribers of fentanyl spray in Missouri, for his alleged role in a $2.4 million medical fraud scheme, according to KY3 News.
From former employees suing Cerner to the U.S. Supreme Court taking up a case on the ACA's contraception coverage requirements, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Albany-based State University of New York and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in New York City face a lawsuit from two surgeons, who allege the organization retaliated against them for voicing patient safety concerns, according to a report from The…
Louisiana officials are scrapping multibillion-dollar contracts the state has with insurers to manage its Medicaid program, The Franklin Sun reports.
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A former claims assistant at the Veterans Benefits Administration Office in Huntington, W.Va., was sentenced to six months in federal prison Jan. 21 for illegally accessing six of his fellow veterans' medical records, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
Ending more than a decade of litigation, three Texas health systems settled claims that they colluded to depress the salaries of registered nurses in San Antonio and four other cities, according to court documents.
Americore Health acquired Ellwood City (Pa.) Medical Center in October 2017 and closed the hospital in December 2019. During that period, the Pennsylvania Department of Health cited the hospital more than 40 times, according to GoErie.com.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 21 denied a motion to accelerate the review of a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the ACA.
The U.S. Supreme Court said Jan. 17 it will review a lawsuit over the scope of employers' religious freedom and women's access to birth control, according to The New York Times.