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.
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The fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act depends, once again, on a Supreme Court decision.
The following is a roundup of recently reported healthcare industry lawsuits and lawsuit updates, starting with the most recent.
In a 5-2 vote, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled medical staff bylaws can serve as a legally enforceable contract between a hospital and medical staff, according to a West Central Tribune report.
Patients at New York Oncology Hematology, a cancer care services provider based in Albany, have filed a class-action lawsuit against Capital District Physicians' Health Plan alleging the health insurer's action of reducing reimbursement rates led to the termination of its…
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As the new year is ushered in, so too are many new laws and regulations.
The former COO at Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago, Anthony Puorro, and Noemi Velgara, the hospital's former vice president of geriatric services, have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a kickback scheme, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
The following is a roundup of recently reported healthcare industry lawsuits, lawsuit updates and settlements, starting with the most recent.
CMS has announced the results from the ICD-10 testing week the week of Nov. 17. The agency reported an initial acceptance rate of 76 percent, which improved to 87 percent by Friday of the testing week, according to an iHealthBeat…
Advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Hartford, Conn.-based health insurer Aetna for discrimination regarding its policy of requiring patients with HIV to obtain medications exclusively through Aetna's mail-order pharmacy, according to a New York Times report.