Boston Heart, a clinical diagnostics company, will pay $26.67 million to resolve whistleblower allegations of kickbacks to physicians, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Williamsport, Pa.-based UPMC Susquehanna's privacy chief David Samar confirmed that an employee had improperly viewed the protected health information of a coworker, according to Pennlive.com.
An orthopedic surgeon was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Nov. 22 for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $580 million in fraudulent claims, mostly to California's worker compensation system,…
From more than 600 hospitals suing HHS over Medicare payment cuts to a former executive suing Novant Health for "reverse discrimination," here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Catherine Pugh, former Baltimore mayor and University of Maryland Medical System board member, pleaded guilty Nov. 20 to four of 11 charges related to a children's book fraud scheme, according to the Justice Department.
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A federal judge has ordered Philip Esformes, a Florida healthcare executive sentenced to 20 years in prison in a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud case, to pay $44.2 million in forfeiture and restitution, according to Law360.
The former director of nursing for emergency and trauma services at Washington, D.C.-based Howard University Hospital filed a lawsuit Nov. 8 alleging she was fired for reporting unlawful billing practices, according to Legal Newsline.
A former Novant Health executive is suing the health system for wrongful termination and discrimination — he says he was fired to help the organization reach diversity goals, reports The Charlotte Observer.
Surgeons, both general and specialized, are among physician specialists who are most likely to face malpractice lawsuits, according to an analysis by Medscape.
Here are seven healthcare organizations that entered into settlements to resolve billing fraud allegations in the past two months: