The New Jersey Insurance Commissioner on Monday denied the requests filed by hospital systems to prevent Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to sell its OMNIA health plans, saying taking such action would "immediately trigger chaos" in the…
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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Winston-Salem, N.C.). This Magnet-designated hospital was ranked in the top 50 nationally for neurology and neurosurgery in U.S. News & World Report’s 2015-16 rankings. Healthgrades has also recognized Wake Forest Baptist for excellence, awarding the…
The National Labor Relations Board has ordered Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services to reimburse hundreds of employees at Centinela Medical Center in Inglewood, Calif., for out-of-pocket increases they incurred when Prime made changes to the caregivers' health insurance.
A coalition of health IT advocates recommended a bill that would expand veterans' access to telehealth services across the U.S.
From an ex-hospital CFO admitting his involvement in a kickback scheme to a physician being sentenced to seven years in prison for writing unlawful prescriptions, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
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The ex-CFO of the now-defunct Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., was among those who recently reached a plea agreement with prosecutors for his involvement in a fraud scheme that generated $580 million in false billings, according to the Department…
During a recent teleconference hosted by McGuireWoods, Scott Becker, JD, partner at McGuireWoods and publisher of Becker's Healthcare, asked the speakers to discuss trends in healthcare litigation they're seeing. From the theories False Claims Act cases are being brought under…
A lawsuit filed against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources by five West Virginia residents has been settled, meaning sweeping change for Medicaid managed care in the state, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
Two people died Monday morning in what appears to be a murder-suicide shooting at Florida Hospital's Tampa location, according to Tampa's NBC affiliate, WFLA-TV.
Novartis AG, a Swiss drug company, has entered into a $390 million settlement with the Department of Justice to settle allegations it paid kickbacks in the form of rebates to specialty pharmacies to increase prescriptions for its drugs.