The board chairman of Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics in Arlington, Wash., has had several run-ins with the law over the past few weeks.
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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has offered to pay $238 million to settle allegations that four of its hospitals violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act.
New details have emerged about a Florida teenager who was recently arrested and accused of posing as a physician.
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare has agreed to pay the federal government $2.09 million to resolve allegations that patients at one of its hospitals were administered leftover portions of single-dose vials of chemotherapy drugs, according to the…
The owner of a medical billing company has pleaded guilty in Michigan federal court to conspiring to commit healthcare fraud after she submitted $2 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
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From a teen being arrested for posing as a physician to 51 hospitals across the nation agreeing to a $23 million False Claims Act settlement, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
The CEO and co-owner of a Maryland diagnostics company is facing life in prison after a federal jury convicted him of two counts of healthcare fraud that resulted in death, according to the Department of Justice.
Muskegon, Mich.-based Mercy Health Partners risked the lives of five pregnant women in a span of 17 months out of refusal to administer abortions out of adherence to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, according to…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC tentatively agreed last week to pay $12.5 million to settle a long-standing antitrust lawsuit. However, the health giant's rival, Pittsburgh-based Highmark, could delay the settlement agreement.
Norwalk Hospital in Fairfield County, Conn., has agreed to pay the federal government $920,000 to settle accusations that it falsely billed Medicare while treating patients for osteoporosis, according to the Connecticut Law Tribune.