Hospitals – General
Orlando Health Hit with $100M Defamation Suit by Fired Physician Who Alleged Illegal Activities
By Ayla Ellison, Becker’s Hospital Review. A Florida plastic surgeon filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against Orlando (Fla.) Health Aug. 21, alleging he was fired and made the target of a smear campaign for… Read More
Montana Hospital Engaged in Billing Fraud, Kickbacks
By Ayla Ellison. Becker’s Hospital Review. Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Healthcare disclosed in June that it is under federal investigation, and a recently unsealed complaint filed by the CFO of the hospital’s physician network provides more details about… Read More
New York health system pays $15.6M to settle billing fraud case
By Ayla Ellison, Becker’s Hospital Review. LaGrangeville, N.Y.-based Health Quest Systems and certain of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay more than $14.7 million to the federal government and an additional $895,427 to the state… Read More
751 Hospitals Hit With Safety Penalties For Patient Injuries – 2018 Data Table
By Jordan Rau, KHN News. The federal government Thursday lowered a year’s worth of Medicare payments to 751 hospitals to penalize them for having the highest rates of patient injuries. More than half also were...
3 Long Island medical facilities didn’t communicate with deaf patient, family
By Darran Simon, Newsday.com An elderly deaf man died of cancer in April without knowing his diagnosis after three Long Island facilities failed to provide him and his deaf children with accommodations like sign language… Read More
Florida-Based Halifax Health Settles Second Half of $73 Million Overbilling Case
By Berger Montague PC. Earlier this year, Florida-based health services company Halifax Health paid $85 million to settle allegations that it was engaged in a years-long kickback scheme in violation of the federal Stark Law. The settlement… Read More
Baylor Medical Center Plano TX faces another malpractice suit
By Bill Hethcock, Staff Writer, Dallas Business Journal. Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is accused in a series of lawsuits of allowing an allegedly dangerous surgeon to continue operating, putting patients at risk. A… Read More
HCA Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
By REED ABELSON and JULIE CRESWELL, The New York Times. In the summer of 2010, a troubling letter reached the chief ethics officer of the hospital giant HCA, written by a former nurse at one… Read More
Feds Join Suit Against Hospitalist Co.
By Health News Florida Staff. The federal government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against a company that provides doctors and other health professionals to work in hospitals in Florida and many other states. IPC The… Read More