Following an 18-month investigation, the Colorado Attorney General found eight Colorado anesthesia providers guilty of fraudulently billing patients for more than $3 million, according to The Denver Post.
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MetroHealth's former internal auditor has dropped his lawsuit against the health system that claimed top leaders, including its CEO, used hospital funds and supplies for personal means, reports Crain's Cleveland Business.
Nurses at Cincinnati-based St. Elizabeth Medical Center have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the hospital over how it classifies its pension plan, according to Bloomberg BNA.
Last week, an Indiana appeals court strongly suggested the state high court review a 2012 decision that held hospitals needn't defend the reasonableness of nor share their chargemaster prices, reports The Times.
A federal jury in New Orleans has convicted Pramela Ganji, MD, for her role in a $34 million Medicare fraud scheme that lasted seven years, according to the Department of Justice.
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed Senate Bill 3, which legalizes marijuana in the state for medicinal purposes. Gov. Tom Wolf (D) said he will sign the bill when it lands on his desk, according to CBS Philly.
Fla. Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Friday suspended Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based North Broward Hospital District Board Chairman David Di Pietro and board member Darryl Wright, who served as chairman of the board's audit committee, according to Health News Florida.
Clyde Brooks, a 53-year-old patient at Tavares-based Florida Hospital Waterman, has been accused of potentially contaminating medicine after he urinated on a refrigerator in the hospital, according to the Daily Commercial.
A new law in West Virginia exempts the actions of the West Virginia Health Care Authority and any actions of hospitals and health systems under the authority's jurisdiction from state and federal antitrust laws.
The Florida Attorney General's Office has demanded Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health pay more than $5.3 million for alleged violations of Stark Law and Florida's Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act.