Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., has hired Pittsburgh-based law firm Horty Springer & Mattern to conduct an “independent, external review” of its cardiac surgery program. The move comes after the hospital allegedly protected a surgeon with …
The Oregon Justice Department has opened an investigation into Renton, Wash.-based Providence’s financial practices, The Oregonian reported Oct. 13.
Providence Centralia (Wash.) Hospital, part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, has agreed to settle a lawsuit with a former employee who alleged the hospital refused to accommodate limitations caused by an on-the-job injury, The Chronicle reported…
Merit Health Central in Jackson, Miss., has discontinued many services as it plans to acquire 50 psychiatric beds from another Merit Health facility. However, the hospital’s lease agreement requires it to serve as a “full service general acute care hos…
A nurse at Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., was robbed at gunpoint Oct. 10, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.
The former CEO of South City Hospital in St. Louis claims in a lawsuit that conditions of a separation agreement were not met, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Oct. 10.
From an Ohio radiology company president getting sentenced to 15 years in prison, to an Indiana health system agreeing to settle claims that it submitted improper revenue codes to Medicaid, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has covere…
Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, both in New York City, have reached a $165 million settlement with 147 former patients who reported sexual abuse or misconduct by a former gynecologist.
A federal grand jury has indicted a Westfield, Mass., woman in connection with a fake bomb threat made against Boston Children’s Hospital, the Justice Department announced Oct. 7.
A phlebotomist is accusing Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, of failure to pay employees overtime wages, according to court documents accessed by Becker’s.
