The opening arguments in the antitrust case against Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health were delayed a week due to the lack of jurors, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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A federal court has ruled that three cardiologists who claim they were fired for reporting safety issues and fraudulent billing at a Detroit hospital owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare must arbitrate their retaliation claims, according to Bloomberg Law.
From a former CFO suing a Texas hospital for defamation to physicians and a medical group CEO paying $6.7 million to settle billing fraud allegations, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Five states that received approval to implement Medicaid work requirements paid more than $408 million to administer the change, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
As more hospitals employ and contract with physicians, lawsuits holding hospitals liable for medical negligence have become more prevalent.
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The University of North Carolina and Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, N.C., have resolved a months-long lawsuit over who should serve on Vidant's board, according to The News & Observer.
The former CFO of Huntsville (Texas) Memorial Hospital is suing the hospital for breach of contract and defamation, according to the SE Texas Record.
Drug Enforcement Administration officials on Oct. 8 arrested a physician and nurse practitioner in Alaska for allegedly misprescribing opioids, according to local NBC affiliate KTUU.
Fresenius Medical Care will pay $5.2 million to resolve whistleblower allegations that it ran Hepatitis B tests on dialysis patients more frequently than medically necessary and overbilled Medicare, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
The federal government filed a complaint alleging a Texas hospital, a healthcare company in Tennessee and three executives improperly obtained and misused a federal loan, according to the Department of Justice.