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Company used dementia patients in $200M Medicare scam
In what Justice Department officials are calling the largest fraudulent billing plot ever prosecuted by a healthcare fraud strike force, HHS and FBI agents arrested four people--Lawrence Duran,
New York City pays $2M to family of woman who died on floor of city psych ward
It was a disgraceful incident that never should happen in a hospital--but it did. In June 2008, 49-year-old Esmin Elizabeth Green died on the floor of the psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital
Detroit hospital sued for records on patient injuries, death
A Detroit hospital has been hit with a federal lawsuit filed by a state agency investigating the death of a mental health patient and injuries to two others. The lawsuit seeks access to records the
SPOTLIGHT: OH health system offers mental health svcs in EDs
As FierceHealthcare readers know, mental health patients waiting for care in emergency departments seldom get specialized care while they're waiting for psych evaluations. However, in an unusual
