Center, Texas-based Shelby Regional Medical Center's former CFO, Joe White, has been sentenced to 23 months in federal prison for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme, according to a KTRE report.
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The privately owned company that unexpectedly closed Yadkin Valley Community Hospital in Yadkinville, N.C., last month has been found in civil contempt for its willful and knowing violation of a temporary restraining order, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.
Miami-based Plaza Health Network, formerly Hebrew Homes Health Network, has agreed to pay the federal government a record $17 million to settle allegations it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute.
Vanguard Health Systems, which was purchased by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare in 2013, has agreed to pay $2.9 million in civil damages to settle allegations it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute, the False Claims Act and Stark Law, according to the Department…
With the decision in King v. Burwell looming, six former senior officials from HHS have written a letter offering advice to the governors and legislators in the 34 states that have not created their own state-based health insurance exchanges.
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Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Medical Center and its affiliated entities have agreed to pay $12.9 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act, according to the Department of Justice.
A proponent of the Obama administration's signature healthcare reform law as a whole, Hillary Clinton said she will propose fixes for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act throughout the course of her presidential campaign, according to The Hill.
Republican legislators gave clear indication Wednesday of their goal to take down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if the Supreme Court sides with the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell, and HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell responded by saying…
A former supervisor in the claims department at Pittsburgh-based UPMC has been indicted for healthcare fraud for allegedly submitting 156 false statements on the UPMC system, according to the Department of Justice.
President Barack Obama condemned opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Tuesday during a speech to the Catholic Health Association, calling them a "cynical" group aimed at depriving Americans of the monetary assistance that has become essential to…