A Texas federal judge dismissed a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health overbilled Medicare by improperly upcoding claims, according to Law360.
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A former nurse of Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital alleges she was fired in retaliation for complaining about systematic understaffing in the hospital's emergency department, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
Kansas officials have notified Aetna that its Medicaid contract is in danger of being terminated for failing on the agreement, according to public radio station KCUR.
New York hospitals and other large institutions are preparing to face thousands of lawsuits and settlements beginning Aug. 14, when the state opens a one-year "look-back window" that suspends the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse, according to a…
McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen have proposed paying $10 billion to settle state lawsuits that accuse the companies of helping to fuel the opioid epidemic, according to Bloomberg.
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After months of mediation, a lawsuit filed by WellStar Health Systems against Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, known as Anthem Blue, is still pending, according to the Cobb Business Journal.
Only one health system — Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health — agreed to join the North Carolina State Health Plan during the second sign-up period, which ended Aug. 5, reports the Winston-Salem Journal.
An oncology group is suing Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth for allegedly creating a noncompetitive environment in Volusia and Flagler counties, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
A federal whistleblower lawsuit claims the American Kidney Fund provided financial aid to patients of its two biggest corporate donors, the dialysis chains DaVita and Fresenius, while denying aid to patients at other clinics, a practice violating anti-kickback laws, according…
The Broward Health board approved a $975,000 settlement with former CEO Pauline Grant, who filed a lawsuit against the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based health system after she was fired for unproven kickback allegations, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.