The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a national settlement with Purdue Pharma on Aug. 11 that would have shielded Sackler family owners from additional civil suits over the opioid epidemic and limited personal liability to $6 billion, The New York Tim…
From 12 people sentenced for defrauding Blue Cross Blue Shield to a federally qualified health center settling improper billing allegations, here are 12 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s reported since July 27:
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is suing MultiPlan for an alleged ongoing conspiracy among commercial health insurers to reduce the reimbursement rates they pay to providers for out-of-network services.
Bridgeport, Conn.-based federally qualified health center Optimus Health agreed to pay more than $470,000 to settle false claim improper billing allegations.
Four senators sent a letter to the IRS and the Treasury inspector general for tax administration asking them to probe nonprofit hospitals’ potential abuse of their tax-exempt status.
The number of lawsuits filed against former psychiatrist Brian Hyatt, MD, has grown to 31, 5 News Online reported Aug. 8.
A certified registered nurse anesthetist filed a lawsuit against Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare seeking lost wages and $15,000 in damages after a surgical machine allegedly exploded and injured him.
A former Boston nurse pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of doses of opioids from an emergency room locked drug cabinet in 2019.
A Texas federal judge has sided with the Texas Medical Association for a third time in its series of legal challenges over the No Surprises Act, this time over a 600 percent hike in administrative fees when seeking dispute resolutions.
An Ochsner resident is facing 10 counts of video voyeurism after a camera was found inside a hospital bathroom, NBC affiliate WDSU reported Aug. 3.
