From a Chicago hospital kickback scheme leading to another conviction to a physician being sentenced to prison for giving healthy patients chemotherapy, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits.
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Farid Fata, MD, a Detroit-area hematologist-oncologist, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for administering unnecessary chemotherapy to healthy patients to enable him to fraudulently bill Medicare and private payers for the treatment, according to the Department of Justice.
Following the June 25 Supreme Court ruling on King v. Burwell, Americans' approval of the Affordable Care Act rose to 47 percent, the highest level since 2012, according to a Gallup poll administered between July 1 and 5.
Last month, Oregon lawmakers approved an updated nurse staffing law.
With the release of its third annual Life Sciences RiskFactor Report, BDO USA revealed that 96 percent of annual reports analyzed mentioned drug reimbursement as a risk, according to a recent Boston Business Journal article.
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Orlando-based Florida Hospital may be facing two class-action lawsuits for separate data breaches that have occurred over the past four years, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
Naturopathic physicians have filed a class-action lawsuit against Health Net and its plan administrator American Specialty Health Group alleging the insurer denied claims for medical services provided by the naturopathic physicians that would have been covered if other medical providers…
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare, a rehabilitation hospital based in Pomona, Calif., has filed a lawsuit against HHS requesting the agency resolve Medicare appeals within 90 days of submission as required by federal law.
The following hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies entered into settlement agreements to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute or Stark Law since June.