南达科他州护士负责更换阿片类meds with other drugs
A Tea, S.D., nurse was indicted with replacing opioid and other medications with different medications.Viewpoint: Using a home-based telehealth practice is 'invited risk 101'
Providers who use their home address as a distant site or place of service for telehealth services are putting themselves at risk, according to healthcare coding and reimbursement consultant Terry Fletcher.Lake Charles Memorial Health reaches hurricane settlement
Lake Charles (La.) Memorial Health System has reached agreement with bond issuers over disputed claims arising from Hurricane Laura in August 2020.Florida pharmacy chief compliance officer convicted in $50M Medicare fraud scheme
The former chief compliance officer of a Florida pharmacy holding company was convicted for his role in a $50 million Medicare fraud scheme.Lab owner sentenced for role in $134M fraud scheme
An Arkansas lab owner was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $30 million in restitution for his role in a $134 million healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme.Former Kentucky nurse sentenced to 5 years in patient's death
A former nurse in Kentucky who pleaded guilty to manslaughter of a patient has been sentenced to five years in prison with credit for time served, CBS affiliate WKYT reported from the courtroom June 8.Merck shareholders criticize lawsuit over drug price negotiations
Shareholders of Rahway, N.J.-based Merck said June 8 they "denounce" the drugmaker's recent lawsuit against HHS and CMS.Nurse testifies against surgeon in connection to patient death
A nurse anesthetist testified June 7 in a case against his former co-worker, a plastic surgeon who is facing charges of reckless manslaughter in connection to a patient's death in 2020, FOX affiliate KDVR reported.Former Jefferson Health physician alleges pay discrimination, sexist behavior
A former physician at a hospital owned by Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is suing because of alleged discriminatory pay rates as well as frequent sexist behavior by a superior, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported June 7.Missouri bans gender-affirming care for minors
密苏里州的供应商很快就会禁止体育rforming gender transition surgeries and prescribing drugs for gender-affirming care to minors.Woman arrested for tweet threatening to 'blow up' Nicklaus Children's
A woman was arrested June 6 after police said she threatened Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Hospital via tweet, Local10 reported.AdventHealth, Mission clash over proposed ER
Ashville, N.C.-based Mission Health's plan to build a freestanding emergency room in western Buncombe County, N.C., is receiving pushback from a nearby AdventHealth hospital, local news outlet ABC13 reported June 7.2 recent hospital fraud self-disclosure settlements
The HHS Office of the Inspector General recently announced settlement agreements in two fraud self-disclosure cases:White House 'confident' in beating Merck's drug price negotiation lawsuit
In response to Merck's lawsuit concerning the Inflation Reduction Act's allowance for the U.S. to negotiate drug prices for the nation's 10 most expensive medications, the White House said it is "confident we will succeed."NewYork-Presbyterian sued after physician allegedly drugged, assaulted patient
NewYork-Presbyterian has been named in a civil suit that alleges a patient was drugged and sexually assaulted by Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, a gastroenterologist who previously practiced at its Flushing, N.Y., location.Temporary administrator personally owes Texas hospital's tax debt, court finds
The temporary administrator of Riverside General Hospital, a now-shuttered facility in Houston, was found liable for $173,630 in hospital payroll taxes that were not turned over to the federal government during her tenure, a federal court ruled May 31.Federal judge blocks Florida's youth gender-affirming care ban
A federal judge in Florida has blocked the enforcement of a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents, such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgeries.FTC takes aim at bill that may shield UNC Health from antitrust enforcement
The Federal Trade Commission wrote a letter to North Carolina House Health Committee members, opposing a bill that aims to prevent antitrust officials from challenging the University of North Carolina Health Care System for engaging in anticompetitive mergers and conduct.Merck sues feds to stop Medicare drug price negotiations
Merck said it filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking an injunction of the drug price negotiation program in the Inflation Reduction Act, arguing it violates the First and Fifth Amendments, Reuters reported June 6.Physician gets prison for misused COVID-19 relief funds
A Colorado physician was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for fraudulently obtaining and misusing $250,000 in COVID-19 relief program funds.
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