The Department of Justice recovered $2.3 billion in civil settlements from healthcare industry False Claims Act settlements this year, with some of the settlements making the list of the biggest False Claims Act settlements across all industries for 2014, according…
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Easton (Pa.) Hospital has agreed to pay $662,000 to resolve allegations the hospital violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for procedures that were not performed, were only partially completed, or were medically unnecessary, according to the Department of…
The federal government has filed a False Claims Act complaint against Cincinnati-based Omnicare — the nation's largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to nursing homes — alleging the company received millions of dollars in kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott…
CMS has announced a second sample group of providers can participate in end-to-end ICD-10 testing this upcoming spring.
The Michigan appeals court reversed a class-action lawsuit Friday, dismissing claims filed on behalf of 159 patients of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health Systems whose medical records were visible on the Internet by mistake.
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments in King v. Burwell on March 4, according to a report from The Hill.
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled hospitals must release liens against patients once the hospital and their insurers have footed the bill, according to an Associated Press report.
St. Helena (Calif.) Hospital has agreed to shell out $2.25 million to settle allegations it violated the federal False Claims Act, according to the Department of Justice.
The Director of CMS' Medicaid unit, Cindy Mann, has announced she is stepping down next month, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Singing River Health System in Pascagoula, Miss., is facing a lawsuit filed by employees alleging the system committed corporate and financial fraud and breach of contract when it announced plans to take the employees' pensions away, according to a Sun…