Dr. James Luketich, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh Physicians have settled with the United States government over a whistleblower lawsuit, brought in September 2021, that alleged fraudulent billing and unsafe surgical practices. Luketich, UPMC and UPP have agreed to pay $8.5 million to the Department of Justice to settle a lawsuit that was
Former Cigna executive Amy Bricker is being temporarily blocked from beginning her new job at CVS Health, pending the outcome of a lawsuit over Cigna's noncompete agreement, according to a restraining order filed in a Missouri district court. Until recently, Bricker had served as head of Express Scripts, Cigna's pharmacy benefit manager subsidiary. Bricker had been slated to
The State of California is suing pharmaceutical manufacturers. Why are they doing it? We'll examine the answers to that and more in this week's Top Stories, including GE Healthcare's agreement to but French company IMPACTIS, and SickKids' recent ransomware scare. For more news and features from Jeff Lagasse, visit Healthcare Finance News.
The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a $20,000 settlement with Health Specialists of Central Florida, a provider in Florida that provides primary care, concerning a potential violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule's right of access provision. The rule requires that patients be
Another lawsuit, another loss for a major insurer. What happened, exactly? I'm Jeff Lagasse with Healthcare Finance News and we'll put that question and others under the microscope in this week's Top Stories, including the FBI's ongoing healthcare cybersecurity efforts, and Ultromics receiving FDA clearance for a heart failure offering. For more news and features from Jeff