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UCSD Medical Center pays penalty over immigrant discrimination
Following a lawsuit by the Justice Department, the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center will pay a civil penalty of $115,000, resolving last month's complaint that alleged UCSD
GE Healthcare pays $30M to settle overbilling charges
GE Healthcare will pay $30 million to the Justice Department to settle allegations that it marketed a cardiology drug in a way that reduced its effectiveness while allowing users to potentially
NC hospital will pay $1.9 million over false claims
Rex Healthcare, a 655-bed hospital in Raleigh, N.C., has agreed to pay $1.9 million plus interest back to the U.S. to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicare by ordering higher-cost services
SPOTLIGHT: Holder says fraud crackdown paying off
Attorney General Eric Holder says the healthcare fraud crackdown the U.S. Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services have undertaken is beginning to pay off, the Associated
DOJ sues BCBS in Michigan
The Justice Department, in conjunction with the Michigan attorney general office, is suing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, alleging it stifled competition to protect its market share, leading to
DOJ investigating Partners HealthCare System for potential antitrust violations
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting a civil investigation of Partners HealthCare System Inc., a regional hospital and physician network founded in 1994 by Boston-based Brigham and Women's
Justice Department recovers $1.12 billion from fraud
Every year the Justice Department tries to recover as much as it can from healthcare organizations that have allegedly defrauded them: this year the total it recovered was $1.12 billion dollars. This
