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Finance
Post Acute Medical Pays $13.1M to Settle False Claims Charges
The post-acute care provider admitted no wrongdoing, and claimed that 'many' of the allegations 'commenced long before Post Acute acquired...
Finance
AMA Asks DOJ to Block CVS-Aetna Deal
The association, with others, already found sympathetic ears on the state level. The same may not hold true for the...
Clinical Care
Michigan Hospital to Pay $84.5M to Settle Stark Law, Kickback Claims
Beaumont says it has cooperated with prosecutors to uncover undue compensation to referring physicians allegedly made before the health system...
Strategy
Roadblocks Imperil CVS-Aetna, Cigna–Express Scripts Deals
California formally urged the DOJ to block one blockbuster PBM deal, and a powerful investor came out against the other.
Clinical Care
Exec Who Raised Clinic's Rent Well Above Market Rates Sentenced to Prison
The former president of Philadelphia's Juniata Community Mental Health Clinic bought buildings that housed the clinics, used clinic money for...
Clinical Care
Health Quest to Pay $15.6M in False Claims Settlement
A former corporate compliance officer at the four-hospital health system in Upstate New York blows the whistle on his old...
Surgeon Sentenced to Life in Prison for Overdose Death
Florida spine surgeon Johnny Clyde Benjamin, 52, used his Vero Beach office to manufacture counterfeit oxycodone, which was traced to...
Hospital CFO's Plea Deal Details $950M Alleged Kickback Scheme
Court documents show how the co-conspirators established a handful of shell companies that were all designed to facilitate referrals for...
Strategy
How a Supreme Court Ruling and Retirement Shifted Healthcare Politics This Week
Beyond organized labor, this week's developments could foretell renewed legal battles over controversial healthcare topics, such as the ACA and...
Clinical Care
More Than 600 Charged in 'Largest Healthcare Fraud Takedown in History'
The DOJ and HHS announced what officials described as a record-breaking enforcement action in a joint press conference.
Clinical Care
Caris Healthcare to Pay $8.5M in False Claims Settlement
The Knoxville-based, for-profit hospice chain says it disputes the allegations brought out in a whistleblower lawsuit, but settled the case...