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Finance
Virginia Governor And UVA Vow To Revamp Practice Of Suing Patients As CEO Exits
The top executive's departure 'is in no way related' to problems related to billing and collections, the system's president told...
Strategy
Verma Knocks Nonprofit Hospitals for Suing Patients
The legal tactics employed by hospitals are partly to blame for the rise of 'radical socialist ideas like Medicare for...
Data Touted by OxyContin Maker to Fight Lawsuits Doesn't Tell the Whole Story
Downplaying its role in the opioid epidemic, Purdue Pharma has embraced a federal statistic showing it was a minor player...
Judge Cites Opioid 'Menace,' Awards Oklahoma $572M In Landmark Case
It's the first ruling to hold a pharmaceutical company responsible for one of the worst drug epidemics in American history....
Clinical Care
NJ Doc Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter for Patient's Fentanyl Death
Barry S. Sloan, MD, admitted that he gave medically unnecessary prescriptions for 'Subsys' to a 36-year-old Manhattan man who died...
Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks To Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
Observation patients may have to pay a larger share of the hospital bill than if they were admitted to the...
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...
Clinical Care
Boston Hospital Reports Disciplining of Renowned Child Abuse Skeptic
Last September, ProPublica examined Dr. Michael Holick's work as an expert witness for alleged abusers. In the wake of the...
Strategy
Parties Await Ruling on N.H. Medicaid Work Requirements
This week's hearing came after state officials delayed their rollout of the new requirements and as federal officials continue to...
Strategy
Plaintiffs Vow to Appeal Short-Term Health Plans Decision
The ACA didn't take a narrow definition of short-term health insurance and make it 'sacrosanct,' the judge ruled.
RB Group to Pay $1.4B to Settle Criminal, Civil Probes of Opioid Marketing
The England-based company denies any wrongdoing and said the settlement 'is in the best interests of the company and its...
Hospital Pass-through Billing Scheme Detailed in Florida Plea Agreement
Kyle Marcotte of Jacksonville Beach admitted to using rural hospitals in a scheme that kicked back more than $50 million...