From Sanford Health agreeing to pay $20 million to settle a false claims lawsuit to a judge refusing to sign off on a deal requiring Dignity Health to pay $100 million, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements…
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Outcome Health reached a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice in which the health technology startup will pay $70 million to victims of a fraud scheme perpetrated by former employees, including the company's two co-founders.
The former chief technology officer of Interactive Visual Health Records, a company formed by Cleveland Clinic Innovations, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Oct. 30 for his role in a conspiracy to defraud Cleveland Clinic of more than…
A California federal judge has refused to approve a deal requiring Dignity Health to pay more than $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the San Francisco-based health system of using a religious Employee Income Retirement Security Act exemption…
Receiving gifts from pharmaceutical companies related to opioids increases the likelihood of a physician prescribing opioids to patients in the following year, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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A plastic surgeon who practiced in Michigan and now works in Iowa is being accused of criminal healthcare fraud and filing false claims, according to the Sioux City Journal.
The former CEO of Unionville, Mo.-based Putnam County Memorial Hospital pleaded guilty Oct. 29 to a $114 million fraudulent billing scheme.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma criticized proposed healthcare reforms like "Medicare for All" and a government-run public health insurance option during remarks at the HLTH Conference in Las Vegas Oct. 27.
Arizona health centers are accusing the state's Medicaid program of not reimbursing them for their full costs of all provided services, according to a Capitol Media Services report in the Arizona Capital Times.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has agreed to pay $20.25 million to settle False Claims Act allegations originally brought in a whistleblower lawsuit filed in 2016, according to the Department of Justice.