Compliance & Legal
Former High Point Regional Hospital director allegedly used cash to buy BMW and other luxury goods through wire fraud, ID theft and other means.
Opponents say hospitals are reaping windfall profits by buying drugs at a discount but a trade group counters that cutting the program will force safety net hospitals to reduce services and layoff caregivers.
Attorneys general in Washington, Minnesota and New Mexico issued civil investigative demands about potentially anti-competitive business dealings.
Prosecutors said 76 people died, more than 750 sickened from tainted injections after co-owner, pharmacist ignored unsanitary conditions.
A federal judge expressed skepticism that President Trump's decision to halt certain insurance subsidies would cause consumers immediate harm, as California and many other states claim in a lawsuit.
Judge cited errors and inadequate evidence from both the defense and prosecution, as well as jury misconduct.
Wisam Rizk, of Westlake, Ohio allegedly caused incorporation of shell company, paid kickbacks for Fingerhut's silence, Department of Justice said.
Court found no proof that UnitedHealth officers signed off on Medicare Advantage data they knew to be false.
Staten Island physicians, Yonkers internist took thousands in cash kickbacks in return for sending blood samples to New Jersey lab, the DOJ says.
Texas man certified himself with CMS as healthcare provider allegedly to bill insurance carrier for services, made more than $3.9 million, DOJ said.