From Aetna being hit with counterclaims in a $120 million kickback lawsuit to Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems suing a Georgia hospital over a failed deal, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Mercy Health Springfield (Mo.) Communities, formerly known as St. John's Health System, and one of its affiliates have agreed to pay the federal government $5.5 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act, according to the Department of…
North Cypress (Texas) Medical Center has made allegations against Aetna Life Insurance in its answer to a billing fraud and kickbacks lawsuit that Aetna brought against the hospital earlier this year.
Male physicians are two and a half times more likely to face legal action, according to a study in BMC Medicine.
A Texas whistle-blower lawsuit alleges Dallas-based ConseoHealth, a medical consulting firm, and 30 Medicare Advantage plans inflated charges for home visits by exaggerating patients' risk scores, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
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New York City hospitals have banned the filming of reality TV in their wards without prior written consent, according to an Associated Press report published by The Washington Times.
Oswego (N.Y.) Hospital has agreed to pay the federal government and the state of New York nearly $1.5 million to resolve violations of the False Claims Act that the hospital self disclosed, according to the Department of Justice.
Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Health will pay $450,000 to settle allegations that some of its Rhode Island stores filled invalid prescriptions and kept deficient records.
The United Public Workers union, which represents about a quarter of the employees at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, has filed a complaint for an injunction in U.S. District Court in Honolulu in an attempt to prevent the privatization…
Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation, a subsidiary of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, has filed a lawsuit against Columbus, Ga.-based St. Francis Hospital over a deal that collapsed last month, according to a Ledger-Enquirer report.