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Teva to pay hospitals $126M opioid settlement
Teva Pharmaceuticals, an Israel-based drug manufacturer, has agreed to pay U.S. hospitals up to $126 million to settle allegations that its marketing of opioids increased the hospitals' operating costs, according to financial documents published Aug. 2. -
Oncologist wins $39.5M in retaliation lawsuit
A jury awarded more than $39.5 million to an oncologist who accused UC San Diego of retaliation after a dispute over a $10 million donation, The Brunswick News reported Aug. 3. -
Ozempic, Mounjaro drugmakers sued over stomach paralysis claims
A Louisiana woman filed suit against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly and accused the drug companies of failing to warn patients about the risk of a paralyzed stomach, or gastroparesis, with their popular Type 2 diabetes drugs. -
12 sentenced in $53M scheme to defraud Blue Cross Blue Shield
Twelve people were sentenced to prison time for participating in a $53 million scheme to defraud Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Justice Department said Aug. 1. -
Ambulance company owner sentenced to prison for fraud
An ambulance company owner was sentenced to 16 years in prison and ordered to pay $388,648 in restitution for his role in a Medicaid fraud scheme. -
12 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From HCA facing a discrimination lawsuit from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to St. Luke's Health System winning $52.5 million in a harassment case, here are 12 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker's has reported since July 25: -
Ambulance company to pay $2.6M to resolve fraud allegations
MedStar Ambulance has agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle allegations it submitted false claims to Massachusetts' Medicaid program, MassHealth. -
Physicians sue to end implicit bias training requirement in California
Two physicians and a nonprofit group have filed a lawsuit against the Medical Board of California to stop it from enforcing a state requirement for physicians to study the role of implicit bias in health inequities as part of continuing medical education, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. -
Consumer advocates want more notice on Georgia hospital closures
Following Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System's abrupt closure of two Atlanta Medical Center facilities in late 2022, health systems in the state should in the future provide 180 days of notice of their intent to shutter, according to a consumer advocacy group in an Aug. 1 Northwest Georgia News report. -
Texas medical equipment company owner sentenced to 4 years in prison for $5M Medicare, Medicaid fraud
A Texas medical equipment company owner was convicted of a $5.1 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme. -
Family of slain nurse sues Detroit hospital, Tenet for $200M
The family of Patrice Wilson, a nurse who was kidnapped outside of Detroit Medical Center — where she was employed — and later found dead, is suing the hospital and Tenet Healthcare for $200 million, Fox 2 Detroit reported July 31. -
Virginia pain clinic owner pleads guilty to $4M Medicare, Medicaid fraud
A Virginia pain clinic owner will pay $4 million in restitution for billing Medicare and Medicaid for non-medically necessary controlled substances. -
HCA faces discrimination lawsuit from EEOC
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is accusing Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare of discriminating against an employee and retaliating against him when the employee reported discrimination, according to a lawsuit. -
Compounding pharmacy CEO pleads guilty to lying in 2020 case
The former CEO of a compounding pharmacy in Florida pleaded guilty in late July to lying to federal agents in a kickback case the business and a private equity firm settled in 2019 for $21 million, according to the Justice Department. -
4 medical staffing companies settle fraud allegations
Four medical staffing and services companies agreed to pay $475,000 to settle allegations they submitted false claims to Medicare. -
Florida physician convicted of 14 counts of drug trafficking
A Florida physician was found guilty of 14 counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and 5 counts of obstructing justice. -
Mission Health grapples for certificates of need
An administrative judge has reversed a decision by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to grant Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health a certificate of need for a freestanding emergency department, according to the Asheville Citizen Times. -
Nurse pleads guilty to stealing fentanyl from Texas hospital
Crystal McLin Lipe, RN, has pleaded guilty to obtaining fentanyl for personal use without authorization from the hospital she worked for in Texas, according to the Justice Department. -
ChristianaCare lawsuit over fetal autopsy to move forward
A judge denied Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare Health Services and ChristianaCare Health System's motion to dismiss a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress after its staff performed an autopsy on a fetus without consent, WDEL reported July 30. -
Child shot near Yale New Haven Hospital parking lot: Police
Police are investigating after a 13-year-old girl was shot near the parking lot of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital in the early-morning hours of July 30.
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