Here are five healthcare organizations that entered into settlements to resolve billing fraud allegations in the past two months:
Legal & Regulatory Issues
A nurse practitioner has filed a lawsuit against Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., alleging the hospital failed to protect her from a violent patient last year, according to local TV station WMC 5.
A family physician and former clinic operator agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve claims that he falsely billed Medicare for unnecessary services, according to the Department of Justice.
About 100 retired workers of St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., filed a lawsuit Sept. 10 against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany over reduced and eliminated pension benefits, the Times Union reports.
A European physician filed a lawsuit Sept. 9 against the FDA and other government officials, accusing them of seizing some of the abortion pills she prescribed to U.S. patients, according to NPR.
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A hearing scheduled for Sept. 10 regarding a Texas hospital's temporary restraining order against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas has been pushed back, according to a press release from the hospital.
The Office for Civil Rights issued its first settlement Sept. 9 for its Right of Access Initiative, a rule which requires hospitals to provide patients with copies of their medical records promptly and without being overcharged.
The owner and CEO of a telemedicine company pleaded guilty Sept. 6 for his role in a $424 million fraud scheme, which is part of one of the largest healthcare scams ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
A man who formerly worked as a nurse at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview, Ill., has been charged with felony aggravated criminal sexual assault and felony criminal sexual abuse, according to the Chicago Tribune.
From a former executive suing Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health to a whistleblower urging a California federal court not to dismiss her case accusing Sutter Health of fraud, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.