The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System's appeal of the ruling that blocked its acquisition of Maumee, Ohio-based St. Luke's Hospital.
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Although the practicality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act being fully repealed becomes less likely as more time passes and more of its provisions are adopted, there is still a great deal of doubt surrounding the law. If…
John Timiriasieff claims his leg was thrown in the garbage after it was amputated at Coral Gables, Fla.-based Doctors Hospital in October 2014, according to a Reuters report.
An ambulance company and nine hospitals in the Jacksonville, Fla., area, including four operated by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings, have agreed to pay $7.5 million to the federal government to settle allegations they fraudulently billed Medicare for medically unnecessary ambulance…
From a former hospital CFO being ordered to pay restitution for lying about meaningful use to the governor of Florida filing a lawsuit against the federal government over Medicaid expansion, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements.
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Center, Texas-based Shelby Regional Medical Center's former CFO, Joe White, has been ordered to pay more than $4.4 million in restitution for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme, according to a KXXV report.
U.S. Reps. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) and Dina Titu (D-Nev.) are unveiling legislation Tuesday to eliminate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's "Cadillac tax," according to The Hill.
The Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon has agreed to pay the federal government $20 million to settle overbilling allegations.
The following is a roundup of recent lawsuits and settlements involving cases filed under the qui tam, or whistle-blower, provisions of the False Claims Act, beginning with the most recent.
Winston Murray, MD, of Hammond, La., has pleaded guilty to federal healthcare charges for his involvement in a $56 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.