A New Jersey-based opioid abuse treatment center will pay $3.15 million to resolve criminal and civil claims it solicited kickbacks, obstructed a federal audit and fraudulently billed Medicaid, the Justice Department said Dec. 5.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
A sign CMS' vaccine mandate is no sure thing
The Biden administration is considering a Republican proposal to strike the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the U.S. military, a development that signals future possibility of reversal of the same mandate for healthcare workers.
3 pharmacy chains appeal Ohio $650M opioid ruling
CVS, Walgreens and Walmart have appealed a ruling that ordered them to pay $650 million for fueling the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties, arguing the case should be thrown out or a new trial introduced, NBC affiliate WFMJ reported Dec. 5.
Wyoming couple can advance case against Riverton hospital over son’s birth, state Supreme Court rules
A Wyoming couple can now proceed with their case against the hospital where their disabled son was born, the state’s Supreme Court ruled, according to a Nov. 30 report from the Cowboy State Daily.
Former New York physician sentenced to 9 years for fraud — his 2nd time behind bars
A former New York physician was sentenced to prison for 111 months for fraud and identity theft as he attempted to steal almost $1 million from medical peer review companies, the Justice Department said Nov. 30. It was the second time the physician, Sp…
SSM Health sues surgeons leaving to start competing practice
Madison, Wis.-based SSM Health Dean Medical Group is suing two physicians who resigned to start a new practice, The Chippewa Herald reported Dec. 1.
Wyoming hospital and board member settle over noncompete dispute, report
Management at Jackson, Wyo.-based St. John’s Hospital have reached an agreement with a current physician board member over a noncompete conflict, averting the need for a possible trial and payment of up to $260,000, according to a Nov. 30 report in the…
Physicians suing HCA’s Mission Health over noncompete agreements
Two North Carolina physicians who have accepted new roles within UNC Health Care’s Pardee system are suing Mission Health Community Multispecialty Providers, alleging they were “threatened” with noncompete legal action, the Asheville Citizen Times repo…
8 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From MetroHealth’s fired CEO suing over alleged open meetings law violations, to CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs settling disability discrimination violations, here are eight hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker’s has reported on since Nov. 8:
Physician pleads guilty to profiting from misbranded, tampered products
San Francisco physician Lindsay Clark, MD, and her medical practice pleaded guilty to charges of receiving and delivering misbranded drugs and misbranded and adulterated devices, the Justice Department said Nov. 28.
