Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Vibra Healthcare will pay $6.25 million to resolve whistleblower allegations against Highlands Rehabilitation Hospital in El Paso, Texas, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
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Healthcare investment banker Cain Brothers recently filed a lawsuit against DeKalb Medical Center in Decatur, Ga., claiming the hospital owes more than $4.7 million in financial advisory fees associated with the hospital's merger with Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, according to Law.com.
Patrick Yoder, PharmD, co-founder and CEO of Logic Stream explains how automated software tools are playing an important role in drug diversion prevention and detection.
A former office worker at Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Health System will pay at least $1,483,963.82 in restitution for defrauding the health system, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
A Massachusetts surgeon will pay $150,000 to resolve allegations of falsely billing the state's Medicaid program, Attorney General Maura Healey announced.
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San Francisco-based Dignity Health must face a class-action lawsuit filed by uninsured patients seeking a declaration that self-pay patients are liable only for the reasonable value of services or treatment provided, a California appeals court ruled Nov. 12, according to…
Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health has sued Michigan health regulators, claiming they wrongly rejected the system's application to build a hospital, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate introduced a bill Nov. 12 to solidify a federal judge's decision that the "conscience protection" rule is unconstitutional.
Kathleen Frederico was sentenced Nov. 12 to more than two years in prison after pleading guilty in June to embezzling nearly $547,000 from Saint Luke's Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System, according to…
An insurance broker in the District of Columbia was found guilty of committing 22 counts of fraud, making false statements and identity theft in a scheme against CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.