From 23 Michigan residents being charged in an alleged $61.5 million scheme to the sentencing of a Louisiana clinic owner who billed Medicaid after misdiagnosing children, here are 11 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported since Jan. 20:&…
The relationship between the FBI and private companies over the past 20 years has often been cold and combative, such as the FBI’s 2016 efforts to force Apple to unlock the iPhone of a terrorist involved in the San Bernardino, Calif. shooting, The Wall…
The Iowa State Appeal Board settled a 2020 lawsuit with a cardiologist for releasing information related to an incident that occurred during a 2010 surgery, The Gazette reported Feb. 7.
A man was arrested Feb. 7 after allegedly terrorizing an employee near Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health’s Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo., police said in a statement on their Facebook page.
The Justice Department has charged 23 Michigan residents for their alleged involvement in two schemes to defraud Medicare of more than $61.5 million by paying kickbacks and bribes and billing CMS for unnecessary medical services that were not provided.
The Justice Department withdrew three antitrust policy statements pertaining to healthcare issued between 1993 and 2011, deeming the positions “outdated,” according to a Feb. 3 agency news release.
Labcorp is settling a $19 million kickback and false claims lawsuit brought by two whistleblowers, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.
A woman was killed after displaying a handgun and making suicidal comments at Arlington (Texas) Memorial Hospital on Feb. 4, CBS News reported.
After recently rolling back certificate of need laws for hospital construction, lawmakers and advocacy groups are pushing for Georgia to totally repeal the certificate of need process and allow health systems to build new medical centers without provin…
Omaha-based Nebraska Methodist Health is facing a lawsuit from three former employees who claim the system violated pension law with excess fees and poor scrutiny of its 401(k) performance, according to a Feb. 3 Pensions & Investments report.
