Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

A 44-year-old man has been indicted on charges of falsely claiming to be a licensed physician and treating thousands of patients over several years.

A medical equipment company based in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., agreed April 21 to pay $5.3 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims. 

From a former dermatologist to prison for a $120 million scheme, to Johns Hopkins agreeing to settle Stark Law violation allegations, here are eight healthcare fraud cases Becker’s reported since April 13: 

As legal battles between LCMC Health and the federal government play out, a judge ruled the New Orleans-based system cannot close any of the three hospitals it purchased from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in January, nola.com reported April 24….

The Supreme Court ruled to keep mifepristone’s approval intact as litigation seeking to revoke the FDA-approved abortion pill continues to play out in lower courts. 

A Florida nursing home employee was arrested after allegedly shooting her co-worker in the facility’s parking lot, a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office news release said.

Gulfport, Miss.-based Memorial Hospital is suing Wiggins (Miss.) Acute Care Hospital for $453,127 concerning payment of new air conditioning units put in at Wiggins-based Stone County Hospital and a medical clinic, the Sun Herald reported April 21.

A Florida chiropractor and surgeon who were convicted in a $31 million scheme to defraud Medicare have been sentenced to prison. 

Delta (Colo.) County Memorial Hospital, also known as Delta Health, will settle a collective action lawsuit alleging the hospital did not compensate for off-the-clock work performed by hourly staff, according to court documents accessed by Becker’s.

Three nurses have been charged in Brooklyn, N.Y., in connection with a scheme to distribute more than 2,600 fake COVID-19 vaccination record cards, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced April 20.