The former CFO of Loretto Hospital in Chicago is among three individuals charged in an indictment alleging involvement in a $15 million embezzlement scheme.
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Police have arrested a man who allegedly fired a gun inside St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., local authorities confirmed to Becker's.
A former Georgia insurance commissioner was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, the Justice Department said July 12.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago has been hit with a federal class action lawsuit over a data breach that affected 792,000 patients. The lawsuit also alleges that the hospital waited almost five months to inform individuals…
Three laboratories have agreed to pay $2.45 million to resolve allegations they submitted claims containing manipulated diagnosis codes to Medicare and Medicaid.
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A California-based laboratory has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it double-billed Medicare for urine drug testing.
Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health took immediate advantage of the Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Chevron deference.
Financially troubled Dallas-based Steward Health Care is under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston, CBS News reported July 11.
Strauss Ventures, doing business as Grand Healthcare System, and 12 skilled nursing facilities will pay $21.3 million to settle allegations they billed federal healthcare programs for services that were unreasonable, unnecessary, unskilled or that did not occur as billed.
In a decision that came down to the wire, New York City-based Mount Sinai's Beth Israel hospital will not close July 12 as initially planned. Along with legal challenges, the health system is waiting on the New York State Department…