From an Arizona couple pleading guilty to a $1.2 billion scheme to the sentencing of a "serial healthcare fraudster," here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported on since Jan. 22:
Legal & Regulatory Issues
A federal judge on Feb. 13 issued a temporary restraining order to block President Donald Trump's executive order restricting access to gender-affirming care to individuals under the age of 19.
Oral arguments began on Feb. 12 for St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital's appeal in a case that gained national attention through a Netflix documentary, FOX 13 News reported.
Police are investigating an incident involving what they described as a self-inflicted shooting on Feb. 12 at AdventHealth Heart of Florida in Davenport, a spokesperson for the Haines City Police Department confirmed to Becker's.
Former HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm is one of eight inspectors general alleging they were unlawfully fired by President Donald Trump, CBS News reported Feb. 12.
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The American Hospital Association and Federation of American Hospitals on Feb. 11 filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging an appellate court to vacate nationwide the Federal Trade Commission's noncompete rule.
A federal judge ruled that Walgreens must pay $987 million to the virtual care company PWNHealth, upholding an arbitration award following a breach-of-contract dispute.
A federal judge in Boston has extended a temporary restraining order to block the Trump administration from implementing a new policy that would significantly cut federal grant funding for medical research projects nationwide, The New York Times reported Feb. 11.
A federal jury found a New York City physician guilty of causing the submission of more than $24 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for unnecessary laboratory tests and orthotic braces.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered HHS, the CDC and the FDA to restore webpages that were taken down in early February to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order on gender ideology.