From 504 hospitals being hit with a whistle-blower lawsuit to nine New Jersey hospitals suing HHS, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
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Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) proposed a bill Wednesday to require pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers to publicly report payments made to physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other advance practice nurses, according to ProPublica.
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Healogics, which operates wound care centers across the U.S., and 504 hospitals across the country — including hospitals from systems such as Cleveland Clinic, St. Louis-based Ascension Health and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare — have been accused of defrauding Medicare,…
Standpoint, Idaho-based Bonner General Health's former CFO, Norilina Harvel, who is accused of embezzling approximately $225,000 from the hospital, turned herself in for arrest on Tuesday, according to a Bonner County Daily Bee report.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health, formerly North Broward Hospital District, agreed to pay $69.5 million last month to settle allegations brought by Michael Reilly, MD, and the Department of Justice in a federal lawsuit. Dr. Reilly claimed the system violated…
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Henry Lora, MD, a Miami-based physician, has been charged with participating in a Medicare fraud scheme that caused losses of more than $20 million, according to the Department of Justice.
President Obama has signed into law a bipartisan change to the Affordable Care Act, along with eight other bills, according to The Hill.
Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, Calif., is suing three pediatric pulmonologists for allegedly trying to steer patients to Fresno, Calif.-based University Pediatric Specialists, a rival medical group, according to the Fresno Bee.
A Las Vegas man police say posed as a physician has been arrested, and investigators are seeking the patients he treated, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Nevada has agreed to pay the city of San Francisco $400,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging the state bused poor and mentally ill patients from a Las Vegas hospital to the Bay Area without plans for their care, according to…