From two pharmacy owners and a physician convicted in a $145 million scheme to two NBA convicted for their roles in a scheme to defraud the league’s healthcare plan, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported on since Oct. 31:&nbs…
A lawyer for St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital called the $261 million verdict against it in a case made famous by a Netflix documentary a “mess” in asking for a new trial.
U.S. Anesthesia Partners, a private equity-backed group affiliated with more than 4,500 physicians, has filed a motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s civil complaint alleging that certain USAP business practices violate U.S. competition laws.
A U.S. district judge has rejected West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health’s motion to dismiss an antitrust case filed last year by CarePoint Health, which operates three safety-net hospitals that recently transitioned to nonprofit status.
From the Federal Trade Commission suing to block John Muir Health’s proposed acquisition of a majority Tenet-owned hospital, to UCLA Health suing Mattel for allegedly failing to follow through with a $49 million donation pledge, here are 10 hospital la…
Two pharmacy owners and a physician were convicted in a Texas federal court for their roles in a $145 million scheme to defraud the Labor Department through the submission of fraudulent claims for prescription compound creams.
Authorities have identified the man suspected of shooting a security guard to death Nov. 17 at Concord-based New Hampshire State Hospital.
On Nov. 16, a judge sentenced Geoffrey Kim, MD, a plastic surgeon in Colorado, to 15 days in jail and two years of supervised probation for his role in the death of a patient after a procedure in 2019, according to a report from NBC affiliate KUSA.&nbs…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is facing a class-action lawsuit after about 450 patients were potentially exposed to infection due to the improper administration of an intravenous drug.
The former director of NYU Langone Health’s cancer center is suing the system over his firing, which occurred after he used social media to express views on the Israel-Hamas war.
