The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion on Oct. 1 warning debt collectors — including third-party revenue cycle management companies — that they are violating federal law when they collect on inaccurate or invalid medical de…
A $400 million fraud and kickback case against former Tenet Healthcare executives may finally advance to trial after federal investigators received the green light to use statements from 10 alleged co-conspirators, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution repo…
A $400 million fraud and kickback case against former Tenet Healthcare executives may finally advance to trial after federal investigators received the green light to use statements from 10 alleged co-conspirators, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution repo…
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1300 into law Sept. 28, which requires hospitals to notify the state when planning to close labor and delivery or psychiatric units, according to a Sept. 29 CalMatters report.
New Jersey state Attorney General Matt Platkin filed a lawsuit on Sept. 26 against Virtua Health and its network of hospitals in Voorhees, Mount Holly and Camden, alleging that the Marlton, N.J.-based health system’s drug-testing policy for pregn…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare has agreed to pay $19.85 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims for unnecessary behavioral health services, the Justice Department said Sept. 26.
Hayti, Mo.-based Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems is being sued by its former CEO after she claimed she faced discrimination and retaliation.
Officials from 21 states, led by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, have accused the American Academy of Pediatrics of potentially failing to adhere to consumer protections with respect to gender care policies.
The full Senate voted unanimously during a Sept. 25 hearing to hold Dallas-based Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, in contempt. This is the first time since 1971 that the Senate has held someone in criminal contempt.
Independence Health System has fired four individuals who worked at its Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Pa., following the alleged sharing of inappropriate patient images.
