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Hospital Execs Charged With Misuse of FHA Loan
The defendants allegedly schemed to improperly obtain a $164 million FHA-backed loan to build a for-profit hospital in Texas.
Finance
Texas Hospital Exec Gets 10 Years in Prison For $16M Fraud Scheme
Starsky Bomer, 46, the former CFO/COO at Atrium Medical Center Pristine Healthcare, was also ordered to pay more than $6.2...
Charges Brought Against 34 Suspects in $258M Multistate Fraud Schemes
Federal prosecutors arrest suspects in three states in various alleged schemes to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, employee health plans, and private...
Strategy
Nonprofit Hospitals and Antitrust Enforcement: Should FTC Have Jurisdiction?
'We ought to consider that,' said Sen. Chuck Grassley during a hearing with witnesses from FTC and DOJ regulators, who...
Strategy
Eroding Competition: Nearly 3 in 4 Healthcare Markets Highly Concentrated
Consolidation advanced noticeably between 2012 and 2016, according to a report by the Health Care Cost Institute.
Convicted Florida Health Care Exec Gets 20 Year Prison Term for $1.3B Fraud Scheme
Philip Esformes of Miami Beach ran the largest healthcare fraud scheme ever charged by DOJ.
Telemedicine Company Owner Pleads Guilty to $424M Medicare Fraud Scheme
The owner of Video Doctor USA admitted that he took kickbacks and paid bribes for inducing healthcare providers to bill...
Mallinckrodt to Pay $15M to Settle False Claims Liability
The United Kingdom-based drug maker wooed doctors with lavish dinners and entertainment.
Strategy
CVS-Aetna Deal Secures Final Judicial Sign-Off
A federal judge issued long-awaited final judgment in the closely watched healthcare megamerger.
Finance
Allscripts Reaches $145M Settlement Over Subsidiary's HIPAA, Kickback Investigations
Practice Fusion, which is now known as Veradigm, had been under investigation for nearly a year when Allscripts acquired it...
DOJ Files Anti-Kickback Lawsuit Against Life Spine Inc.
Suit alleges half of the company's sales were for procedures performed by surgeons who got kickbacks.
DOJ Lawyers Try New Tricks To Undo Obamacare. Will It Work?
Legal experts say it's unusual for an administration to shift its own legal opinions during a case. The Trump DOJ...