From Chicago-based Sacred Heart Hospital's former CEO, CFO and COO being convicted in a kickback scheme to a physician being charged with attempting to burn down his office because it contained incriminating files, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits…
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Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based nonprofit Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare has agreed to pay the federal government $5.4 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by providing radiation therapy to patients without proper supervision, according to the Department…
The gap between favorable and unfavorable views of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the smallest it's been since fall 2012, and there has been a significant uptick in favorable views from the low in November 2013 during…
The federal government recovered $3.3 billion in fiscal year 2014 from individuals and companies that attempted to defraud federal health programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced March 19.
A federal jury has found three former executives of the now shuttered Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago guilty for their involvement in a kickback scheme, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice are becoming increasingly concerned about cross-market mergers in the healthcare industry, according to a recent JD Supra Business Advisor report.
Paige Okpalobi, the owner and operator of Medical Specialists of New Orleans, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for her role in a $50 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
Most New Yorkers are not able to find out-of-network coverage in health plans offered on their state exchange, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Mudassar Sharif, MD, has been hit with a federal indictment claiming he was running a "pill mill" operation, according to the Department of Justice.
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.