From a pair of durable medical equipment company owners charged in a nearly $35 million scheme to a Pennsylvania physician sentenced to 14 years in prison, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported since Aug. 19: …
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A pair of Florida men who owned and operated seven durable medical equipment companies were charged with submitting $34.8 million in fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary equipment. What happened?
John Glascock, MD, a bariatric surgeon, is suing Waverly (Iowa) Health Center and its CEO, Jodi Geerts, alleging the hospital has put patients at risk, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Oct. 1. Dr. Glascock was employed by the hospital from July…
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.-based White-Wilson Medical Center, a multispecialty physician group, has voluntarily sought Chapter 11 protection to restructure its debt without interrupting operations. “White-Wilson intends to propose a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization that will provide for distributions to…
A lawsuit regarding racial criteria for appointments to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners has been dismissed. Here are four things to know: 1. Do No Harm, a Richmond, Va.-based medical watchdog group, sued then-Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards…
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Montrose (Colo.) Memorial Hospital, doing business as Montrose Regional Health, for alleged age discrimination and retaliation. The EEOC filed the lawsuit Sept. 30, nearly a decade after it had previously sued the…
HCA Florida West Marion Hospital in Ocala has filed a lawsuit against Bloomington, Minn.-based Rasmussen University, alleging an 82-year-old patient’s death in 2023 was tied to unsupervised action taken by one of the school’s nursing students, Ocala-News.com reported Sept. 23.…
A jury has awarded Reno, Nev.-based Saint Mary’s Health Network a $510 million verdict in a fraud case involving King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services. Six things to know: 1. A Washoe County, Nev., jury found Universal Health Services…
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health has settled with Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, resolving a collapsed $435 million deal for Yale to acquire three Connecticut hospitals, according to court documents obtained by Becker’s. Under the agreement, Yale New Haven will…
Megan Ryan, who was terminated as president and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., filed a lawsuit Sept. 26 against the hospital’s parent company. Eight things to know: 1. Ms. Ryan is seeking a jury trial…