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NewsSt. Jude Medical, two hospitals, pay nearly $4 million to settle false claims suit
After four years of investigation, heart-device maker St. Jude Medical, Inc., has agreed to return $3,898,300 to the federal government to settle the allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to Read more...
Psychiatrists accused of drugging kids to game Medicaid
A mental health advocacy group has sued several child psychiatrists, health service agencies, pharmacies and Alaska state officials, claiming that the doctors were permitted to prescribe unnecessary Read more...
Dallas-area hospital to pay nearly $1M in false claims suit
A Dallas-area hospital has agreed to pay nearly $1 million after for allegedly submitting unnecessary pulmonology claims to Medicare between 2003 and 2007. Arlington Memorial Hospital's parent Read more...
Whistleblower accuses Commmunity Health Systems of making illegal donations
A former employee of Community Health Systems has filed a whistleblower suit alleging that the healthcare company made illegal donations to New Mexico counties that contain three of the chain's Read more...
Auditor brings whistle-blower suit against FL hospital district
The former internal audit director for a South Florida-based public-health system has filed a whistle-blower suit claiming that he was fired after challenging improper payments to its chief Read more...
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