From Chicago-based Sacred Heart Hospital's former CEO, CFO and COO being convicted in a kickback scheme to a physician being charged with attempting to burn down his office because it contained incriminating files, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements.
1. Florida hospital chain settles false claims allegations for $5.4M
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based nonprofit Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare agreed to pay the federal government $5.4 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by providing radiation therapy to patients without proper supervision.
2. Sacred Heart's former CEO, CFO and COO convicted in kickback scheme
A federal jury found three former executives of the now shuttered Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago guilty for their involvement in a kickback scheme.
3. Louisiana medical clinic owner pleads guilty in $50M fraud scheme
Paige Okpalobi, the owner and operator of Medical Specialists of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for her role in a $50 million Medicare fraud scheme.
4. Physician charged with attempting to send incriminating files up in flames
Mudassar Sharif, MD, was hit with a federal indictment claiming he was running a "pill mill" operation and that he asked the government's cooperating witness to burn down the building his office was located in.
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