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Prosecutors fight to uphold Scrushy bribery conviction

August 6, 2008 — 9:53am ET | By Anne Zieger
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...

HealthSouth, surgeons settle kickback case for $15M

December 17, 2007 — 7:59am ET
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...

HealthSouth shows more healthy numbers

November 6, 2007 — 7:59am ET
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...

HealthSouth gets back $440 million from IRS

October 16, 2007 — 6:59am ET
The IRS has given back $440 million to HealthSouth Corp., refunding taxes it overpaid when it filed inflated income statements from 1996 to 1999. The added cash should help the new HealthSouth... Read more...

HealthSouth's Scrushy going to jail

June 28, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

It's the end of the line for high-profile healthcare exec Richard Scrushy, who was sentenced to almost seven years in prison yesterday for his conviction on federal bribery charges. Scrushy, who now runs a church out of a television studio, continues to deny wrongdoing.

Unlike peers involved in similar scandals at Enron, WorldCom and Tyco, Scrushy actually managed to …

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HealthSouth founder settles with SEC for $81M

April 24, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

This could be the final chapter in the convoluted legal troubles of HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy. Scrushy has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a suit resulting from a investigation of his role in the firm's $2.7 billion accounting fraud. The SEC suit asserted that Scrushy ordered executives to cook the books at HealthSouth when earnings were shaky. The now-notorious …

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Scrushy faces prison as judge rejects retrial request

December 13, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy (photo) has lost his bid for a new trial on political corruption charges unrelated to the $2.7 billion accounting fraud problem. Both Scrushy and former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman had been found guilty in June of taking part in a bribery scandal, on charges, including conspiracy and mail fraud, …

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Federal fraud program nabs $1.47B

October 8, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Last year was a good year for federal healthcare fraud investigators, who expect to recover a total of $1.47 billion from fraud cases filed in fiscal 2005, according to a report in political newspaper The Hill. Working under the auspices of the federal Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program, which began in 1997, the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services have recovered a total of $8.85 billion to date, according to …

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HealthSouth to repay some of Scrushy's legal fees

September 12, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

A year ago, former HealthSouth exec Richard Scrushy was acquitted of charges related to the spectacular $2.7 billion accounting fraud that brought the chain of rehabilitation hospitals down. In the process of his defense, Richard Scrushy accrued $32 million in legal charges. An arbitrator has determined that HealthSouth must pay $17 million in legal fees that Scrushy amassed in the course of his defense. It's a hefty reward, but only fixes some of his problems. As a result of accounting …

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Scrushy ordered to repay $51.5M

August 28, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Last year former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy avoided a conviction related to HealthSouth's $2.64 billion fraud scandal. But as a result of the accounting irregularities, Scrushy walked off with $47.8 million in bonus payments. Now the Alabama Supreme Court has upheld an order requiring him to repay the company $51.5 million--the bonus payment plus interest totaling $15,500 a day. In their opinion, the Court stated, "Scrushy was unjustly enriched by the payment of the bonuses, which …

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