Healthcare staffing companies in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania will pay 341 employees more than $2.4 million in back wages and liquidated damages, according to a recently filed consent judgment and order.
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Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker's has reported since Nov. 15:
For the first time, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether states can ban gender-affirming care for youths.
In late November, CMS revised guidance for surveyors and healthcare providers regarding immediate jeopardy — the most serious type of warning for noncompliance deficiencies that place organizations at risk of losing federal funding.
Two Fresno, Calif., physicians agreed to collectively pay more than $2.4 million to settle allegations that they solicited and received kickbacks in exchange for directing prescriptions to a group of mail-order pharmacies.
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A federal court sentenced the owner of a Texas medical supply company to 60 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to a healthcare fraud scheme, the Justice Department said Dec. 2.
As several pharmaceutical companies challenge their role in the 340B drug pricing program, Bristol Myers Squibb filed a lawsuit Nov. 26 against the HHS agency that oversees the federal program.
A former pharmacy technician at Chicago-based Lurie Children's Hospital has filed a lawsuit accusing the hospital of firing her in retaliation for reporting unsafe medication compounding practices, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Nov. 26.
A Maryland medical malpractice attorney known for his aggressive tactics faces up to 20 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him of attempting to extort $25 million from the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore.
A civil trial has commenced to determine whether Seattle Children's racially discriminated against the former medical director of one of its clinics, The Seattle Times reported Nov. 26.