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HealthSouth exec facing prison time
Oh, I bet you all were missing the regular Richard Scrushy updates you once received from us. Back in 2007, FierceHealthcare's editors had their hands full with news of Scrushy's legal travails, as... Read more...
Scrushy slapped with $2.88 billion fine in shareholder suit
While it seems unlikely that it will ever get paid, the penalty is in place: HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy has been hit with a staggering $2.88 billion fine in a lawsuit brought by angry... Read more...
Scrushy says he didn't know about HealthSouth fraud
With guys like Dick Scrushy, the story never ends--it just drags on and on. The latest chapter in the Scrushy saga came this week, when he testified for the first time about the massive fraud that... Read more...
Scrushy hit with $2.6B suit by HealthSouth
I suppose one might feel sorry for Dick Scrushy at this point. After all his legal trials and tribulations, and ending up in jail, the HealthSouth founder has been hit with the whopper of all civil... Read more...
Charges against Siegelman, Scrushy will stand
A federal appeals court has upheld all of the bribery and corruption charges against former HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy and most of the charges against former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.... Read more...
Prosecutors fight to uphold Scrushy bribery conviction
Federal prosecutors are battling to uphold the convictions of HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy--and former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman--on bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud charges in appeals... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Canadian group releases major safety guideline update; Tainted heparin was deliberately altered; and much more...
> The Canadian Patient Safety Institute has issued new guidelines which observers have called a major step forward in quality of care. Read more...
HealthSouth, surgeons settle kickback case for $15M
HealthSouth and two affiliated surgeons have agreed to pay nearly $15 million to settle civil claims related to what the federal government called a kickback scheme. HealthSouth will pay $14.2... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: MA subsidized health plan generates flood of calls; Hospital smoking bans on the march; and much more...
> Citizens calls are flooding into a support line set up to help Massachusetts citizens get subsidized health insurance. Operators are leaving as many as 20 percent of calls unanswered. Read more...
HealthSouth shows more healthy numbers
While it's a bit soon to declare the ghost of Richard Scrushy banished, HealthSouth Corp's most recent quarterly earnings seem to be moving in the right direction. The hospital operator reported... Read more...
