Lewiston, Maine-based St. Mary's Health System is suing HHS for allegedly unlawfully withholding Medicare payments from the cash-strapped system, Maine Public Radio reported Jan. 14.
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A physician from Edinburg, Texas and his son pleaded guilty to conspiring to receive kickbacks in exchange for referring prescriptions to local pharmacies.
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, part of HCA Healthcare, has filed an appeal challenging the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' decision to grant a certificate of need to AdventHealth for 26 additional acute care beds in Buncombe County,…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission on Jan. 13, arguing its changes to premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act are "unnecessary and unlawful." The FTC finalized changes to premerger notifications in October.
Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Ind., has introduced a bill to repeal the state's certificate of public advantage law, which allows hospital mergers that the Federal Trade Commission generally deems anticompetitive.
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From UnitedHealth asking a judge to dismiss a challenge to its acquisition of Amedisys, to physicians suing a California hospital over a new staffing group contract, here are 11 healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal developments that Becker's has reported…
Hartford HealthCare and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, both based in Hartford, Conn., have reached a settlement in a lawsuit that alleged Hartford HealthCare engaged in anticompetitive behavior, according to court documents filed Jan. 2.
Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center is facing federal criminal charges related to unnecessary surgeries performed by a physician who was convicted of 52 federal counts in 2020.
A pair of trade groups have filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, aiming to halt the agency's new rule banning medical debt from credit reports.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has filed felony neglect criminal charges against two employees at Terra Alta, W.Va.-based Hopemont Hospital following the death of a non-verbal patient in January 2024.