A female employee was attacked in Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Hospital early Sunday morning, but hospital staff say administrators didn't inform them of the assault until Monday, according to a WRAL.com report.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will hear testimonies Sept. 22 on a bill that would limit price disparities between procedures by regulating private insurers, according to MassLive.com.
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services has filed a federal civil rights action claiming California Attorney General Kamala Harris abused her constitutional powers by imposing unprecedented conditions on the sale of Daughters of Charity Health System, a six-hospital network based in…
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System has agreed to pay $118.7 million to the federal government and to the states of Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by maintaining improper compensation…
The federal government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit filed against Wiggins, Miss.-based Stone County Hospital and its owner, according to the Department of Justice.
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The trends in 39 recently unsealed False Claims Act cases were identified in a recent National Law Reviewreport.
The Massachusetts nursing board's investigation into fraudulently-obtained nursing licenses reveals a pattern of applicants for Massachusetts nursing licenses using what appear to be doctored licenses from other states in an effort to prove professional certification, according to a report from The Boston Globe.
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna for more information on its pending $37 billion acquisition of Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana, according to a Reuters report.
From a Florida hospital district agreeing to pay $69.5 million to settle Stark Law and False Claims Act allegations to a California hospital suing Los Angeles County over trauma center funds, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements…
A physician who has served on the board of Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Healthcare District since 2008 has filed a lawsuit against the district and two of its top leaders, according to The Desert Sun.