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…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
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.
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.
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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.
National Heritage Insurance failed at times to report Medicare cost reports and reconcile outlier payments, according to a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General.
From a Texas hospital entering into a $21.75 million Stark Law settlement to an appeals court denying St. Luke Health System's request for its antitrust case to be reheard, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements.
Medicaid Fraud Control Units across the nation reported 1,318 criminal convictions in fiscal 2014, similar to the previous year's total of 1,344 criminal convictions, according to the HHS Office of Inspector General's Medicaid Fraud Control Units Fiscal Year 2014 Annual…