Compliance & Legal
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made public a "lightly redacted" copy of the letter it sent to beleaguered blood-testing company Theranos on March 18, with newly revealed allegations that its proprietary testing devices often failed to meet the company's own accuracy requirements for certain tests -- in one instance, failing to accurately detect prostate cancer.
Drug companies Wyeth and Pfizer have agreed to pay $784.6 million to settle allegations that Wyeth did not provide the same drug discounts to Medicaid that it gave to private buyers, the U.S. Attorney's office announced Wednesday.
New York state and seven health insurance companies have come to an agreement that ensures patients with chronic hepatitis C get coverage whether the members develop advanced signs of the infection or not, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Tuesday.
A federal jury in Arizona has awarded $27.6 million to Marc A. Wichansky, former president and co-owner of Zoel Holding Co. in Phoenix, including more than $14 million in punitive damages against his former business partner David T. Zowine, Wichansky's lawyer Sean Callagy announced Monday.
Hospitals participating in the Affordable Care Act's 340B drug pricing program are failing to comply with several key requirements of the law, according to a recent study by the Berkeley Research Group.
Health insurance giant Aetna has declared victory in a years-old lawsuit against Bay Area Surgical Management, after a civil jury slapped the California medical group with a $37.4 million dollar judgement, Aetna said.
Boston Medical Center and two of its physician practice organizations have agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations made by a former chief compliance officer that they improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid, the U.S. Attorney's Office has announced.
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic of North Carolina will pay $750,000 to settle charges that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Privacy Rule.
Bon Secours Health System and Eugene Y. Chang, MD, one of the system's surgical oncologists, will pay $400,000 to settle civil fraud allegations leveled against them in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Bon Secours practice manager and one of Chang's former colleagues, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
Blood testing startup Theranos is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.