The American Medical Association and the Illinois State Medical Society have filed a lawsuit against MultiPlan alleging the data analytics firm is colluding with with commercial payers in a price-fixing scheme that has "undercut fair payment for out-of-network health care…
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St. John's Health in Jackson, Wyo., is denying allegations of negligence in a patient's death, arguing the case should not be filed under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act but as a state malpractice suit, WyoFile reported Oct. 21.
The owners of a New York Medicaid-enrolled transportation company pleaded guilty to their roles in a $2.1 million Medicaid fraud and kickback scheme.
Five former employees at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the health system Oct. 21 regarding its retirement plan.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas has agreed to pay $900,000 to resolve alleged discrimination against 6,123 Black applicants.
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A Chattanooga, Tenn., based outpatient clinic has agreed to pay more than $1.1 million dollars to settle allegations it knowingly and improperly billed Medicare electro-acupuncture using auricular stimulation devices.
From BCBS reaching a record antitrust settlement, to Epic asking a judge to dismiss a startup's lawsuit against it, here are 10 healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal actions that Becker's has reported since Oct. 10:
Revenue cycle management company Gryphon Healthcare is facing multiple lawsuits after thousands of patients' data was exposed by a data breach involving one of its partners.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services agreed to pay $13 million to settle allegations that it caused psychological damage after conducting a surprise active shooter drill at a children's psychiatric hospital, The Washington Post reported Oct. 17.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center physician over violating state law by providing hormone replacement therapy to 21 minors. This is the first time an attorney general has sued an individual physician over…