Indianapolis-based IU Health is facing a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging it engaged in a fraud scheme that put low-income pregnant woman and their newborn babies at risk, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.
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Republican congressional leaders have essentially abandoned the fight to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Los Angeles Timesreport.
The lawsuit involving a hospital owner a healthcare law firm and accusations of deception and conspiracy was criticized, but not tossed, by a federal judge in Louisiana on April 15, according to a Law 360 report.
The First Circuit has denied King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services' petition for an en banc rehearing on the revival and remand of a False Claims Act case that was filed against the for-profit hospital operator, according to a…
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an order April 15 temporarily blocking a Third Circuit ruling regarding a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contraception waiver, raising questions about accommodations for those who have religious objections to the health reform's…
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From Florida Gov. Rick Scott threatening to sue the federal government over hospital funding to a labor union filing a lawsuit against Doctors' Hospital of Michigan in Pontiac over layoffs, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits.
The conclusion of a seemingly routine prescription pill investigation resulted in the arrest Tuesday of Anthony J. Moschetto, DO, a cardiologist affiliated with Roslyn, N.Y.-based St. Francis Hospital, in a murder-for-hire scheme. Dr. Moschetto was charged with several crimes, including…
Florida ophthalmologist Salomon E. Melgen, MD, has been arrested by federal authorities and charged with 46 counts of healthcare fraud, according to The Wall Street Journal. Dr. Melgen faces bribery charges with New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez (D).
Tariq Mahmood, MD, the former owner of several Texas hospitals, has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for his involvement in a healthcare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
As federal and state governments face budget shortfalls, hospital-physician arrangements face increasing Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute enforcement actions. Yet the rules of these laws remain broad and complex. "We know healthcare is probably one of the most complex business…