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Florida hospitals required to ask patients about immigration status
A new Florida law requiring hospitals that accept Medicaid to ask patients about their immigration status took effect July 1. -
Supreme Court expands workers' religious protections: What hospitals should know
All employees may request accommodations, including time off from work, when an employer's schedule interferes with the worker's religious beliefs and practices, the Supreme Court ruled June 29. -
'Strongest in the country' hospital price transparency bill moves forward in Ohio
The Ohio House of Representatives passed H.B. 49, a bill designed to increase hospital price transparency, by a vote of 90-5. -
EEOC sues Michigan hospital claiming disability discrimination against nurse
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Beaumont Hospital, in Wayne, Mich., alleging it failed to accommodate a registered nurse with a disability. -
California healthcare organizations to pay $68M in false claims case
Three California healthcare providers are among four organizations that have agreed to pay a total of $68 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. -
California health systems, providers to pay $68M settlement for alleged Medi-Cal fraud
A group of California healthcare providers, including two health systems and a health plan, have agreed to pay $68 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medi-Cal related to Medicaid Adult Expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -
Former Pfizer employee faces insider training charges
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York brought charges against a former Pzifer statistician June 29 based on allegations that he shared news of a successful Paxlovid clinical trial with his business partner before the drug company published the information. -
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.
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