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78 charged in sweeping $2.5B fraud scheme
The Justice Department has charged 78 individuals, including 24 physicians, for their alleged participation in a sweeping $2.5 billion telehealth, pharmaceutical and opioid distribution fraud scheme. -
Massachusetts pharmacy to pay $10M to settle opioid case
An Andover, Mass.-based pharmacy that has bought some of the nation's largest quantities of opioids agreed to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of improperly dispensing drugs and submitting false claims. -
Medical equipment company owner found guilty in $24M fraud scheme
A federal jury found a California woman guilty of leading a scheme that billed Medicare more than $24 million in fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and repairs. -
California medical equipment company owner pleads guilty to $21M Medicare fraud
A father and son pleaded guilty in a $21.7 million scheme to defraud Medicare through fraudulent medical device prescriptions. -
Physician sues HCA for libel
A gynecologic oncologist has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital, and associated entities, alleging they made a premature report that hindered his future employment opportunities. -
Connecticut mental health clinic owner sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for Medicaid fraud
The owner of two Connecticut mental health clinics was sentenced to 30 months in prison for submitting over $1 million in false claims to Medicaid. -
Maine whistleblower physician sues after termination from state medical board
A physician filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired from the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine because of a whistleblower complaint against her previous hospital employer, Medscape reported June 26. -
Former medical device sales rep arrested for alleged spine implant billing scheme
A former medical device sales representative was arrested June 26 for allegedly defrauding a Boston area hospital and lying to federal authorities, according to the Justice Department. -
Prenatal care agency operator charged in $2.3M Medicaid fraud scheme
A Wisconsin prenatal care coordinator has been indicted for an alleged $2.3 million Medicaid fraud scheme. -
Fears ramp up for immigrants ahead of July 1 Florida hospital law
Immigrants will be asked whether they are in the country legally if they seek hospital care in Florida as a new law goes into effect July 1. -
12 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From NYU Langone suing Northwell Health over the shade of purple it used in its advertising campaign, to Ascension facing a lawsuit for allegedly taking employees' fingerprints without consent, here are 12 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker's has reported since June 14: -
Illinois ER physicians sue shuttered hospital
Former emergency room physicians at St. Margaret's Health-Peru (Ill.) have filed a lawsuit against the now-shuttered hospital, alleging it missed payments for their services. -
Home health company owner gets prison for Medicaid, pandemic loan fraud
A Missouri home health owner was sentenced to five years in prison for a pair of fraud schemes, including defrauding the state's Medicaid program out of $1.2 million. -
150 join class action against Harvard, former morgue manager
As of June 23, 150 people have joined a class-action lawsuit against Boston-based Harvard University and the school's former morgue manager in a case related to stolen human remains, according to NBC Boston. -
2 senators introduce medical supply chain resiliency bill
Two senators unveiled a bill June 22 that, if passed, would authorize the president to negotiate with trade organizations and ensure a stronger medical supply chain. -
Georgia physician could face $27M fine for false diagnoses claims
A Georgia physician could face more than $27 million in fines after a jury found he had violated the False Claims Act by submitting false diagnoses to Medicare, according to an article by law firm Husch Blackwell published by JD Supra on June 22. -
HCA monitors reprimanded for North Carolina operation
HCA Healthcare has been criticized for having only one oncologist on staff at its Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health operations. -
No need for 'media circus' in VUMC billing fraud inquiry, Tennessee AG says
After Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced June 20 it had turned over five years of medical records of patients who are minors and had received gender-affirming care at the hospital, the Tennessee attorney general's office on June 21 released a statement about its investigation into "potential violation" of both the Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act and the Tennessee False Claims Act at VUMC. -
New Hampshire hospital pays $2M to settle alleged opioid violations
Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H., will pay $2 million to settle allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by failing to keep accurate records of controlled substances, including opioids. -
Former finance director who stole nearly $1M from hospital sentenced to prison
Edward Calloway, former financial director for G.B. Cooley Hospital in Monroe, La., has been sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for federal wire fraud.
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