Coupeville, Wash.-based WhidbeyHealth has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by an orthopedic surgeon, according to the Whidbey News-Times.
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Redlands, Calif.-based Beaver Medical Group and an ophthalmologist at the practice, Sherif Khalil, MD, will pay $5 million to resolve false claims allegations, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
The U.S. District Court for Middle Tennessee has certified an $891 million class-action lawsuit filed against Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, according to the Nashville Post.
An analysis conducted by the Los Angeles Times reveals sexual misconduct allegations against physicians have increased 62 percent since the fall of 2017, when the #MeToo movement began.
Humana filed a lawsuit against Mallinckrodt, alleging the drugmaker partook in "one of the most outrageous price-gouging schemes in the history of American medicine."
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A physician with a practice in the District of Columbia was charged in an indictment unsealed Aug. 2 for his alleged role in a $12.7 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
A ranking member of the Senate healthcare committee called Centene Corp. "callous" in a letter to CMS officials after a meeting with the insurer's CEO, according to The Dallas Morning News.
From Mayo Clinic winning an $11.5 million tax dispute to Broward Health settling a lawsuit filed by its former CEO, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
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