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An arbitrator has slapped Yale-New Haven Hospital with a $4.5 million fine after concluding that the hospital interfered in a union election. In a 47-page decision, arbitrator Margaret Kern held that Read more...

On the surface, the deal looked like a win-win. Giant Jackson Memorial Hospital would be able to sell--and make some money on--eight years worth of outstanding bills. Collector International Read more...

A Mayfield Clinic neurosurgeon has gotten an FDA warning letter alleging that problems with record-keeping, reporting of adverse events and enrollment of patients in a study he was conducting. The Read more...

> A case alleging that a physician hastened a patient's death to harvest his organs has thrown a spotlight on the organ donor system. Read more...

A high-profile San Diego cardiologist is under CMS investigation for allegedly hitting a patient several times during a cardiac catheterization. The physician, Dr. Maurice Buchbinder, is a Read more...

Maternal-fetal and pediatric subspecialty practice Pediatrix Medical Group has been named as a defendant in a shareholder suit alleging that the company broke federal services laws. Pediatrix Read more...

An Arizona health system has won an appeal of a case that claimed it imposed "unreasonable" charges for care. The patients' health plan, a CDHP known as Medical Savings Insurance Co., sued Banner Read more...

King of Prussia, PA-based Universal Health Services must pay about $1.1 million in back wages, along with nearly $50,000 in fines, to settle a lawsuit alleging it routinely underpaid employees at its Read more...

Despite its having engaged in a massive Medicare scam costing the federal government at least $630 million, St. Barnabas Health Care System did not prevent other hospitals from getting fair reimbursement.

That's the conclusion of a federal judge, who ruled that despite the fraud, St. Barnabas had not engaged in racketeering. Two small hospitals in Maine and Colorado filed the suit, alleging St. Barnabas' over billing was so extreme it distorted CMS's Medicare reimbursement …

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UnitedHealth Group is facing a host of legal troubles in California, where both regulators and a large group of independent physicians are accusing the plan of financial and operational misconduct. Two of the state's agencies have begun investigating whether the health plan has been making late and inaccurate payments, as well as restricting patient access to care. The agencies are responding to a high volume of complaints alleging that the plan held up physician payments and paid claims …

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