Thirty-five people, including nine physicians, associated with dozens of telemedicine companies and cancer genetic testing laboratories were charged for their alleged roles in one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes ever, according to the Department of Justice.
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A group of conservative advisers influenced the federal government's decision not to defend major provisions of the ACA in a lawsuit challenging the health law's constitutionality, according to The Washington Post.
A three-judge panel from the Kentucky Court of Appeals has tossed out a lawsuit filed in 2018 that sought to stop Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health from acquiring Elizabethtown, Ky.-based Hardin Memorial Hospital, according to Louisville Business First.
From Dignity Health settling a discrimination case to Massachusetts General Hospital being ordered to release a secret report about concurrent surgeries, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Johnson & Johnson filed an appeal with the Oklahoma Supreme Court Sept. 25 claiming the $572 million it was ordered to pay the state was excessive and should be overturned, according to Tulsa World.
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One-hundred people, including healthcare executives, physicians and other licensed medical professionals, were charged for their alleged roles in Medicare and Medicaid fraud schemes in four states, the Department of Justice announced Sept. 25.
The owners and operators of University Health Hospital in Shreveport, La., have reached a half-million dollar settlement to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and other laws, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
The judge overseeing the federal opioid trial said he will not recuse himself from the case, denying the defendants' claim that he is biased, according to The Washington Post.
Richland County, S.C.-based Prisma Health mailed letters to 2,770 patients about a security incident that may have exposed their personal health information.
Hundreds of patients' medical records were found near the trash outside of a New York City medical office building, according to NBC New York.