Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center must pay $120 million for a medical malpractice suit that claimed it failed to timely diagnose and treat a patient.
Author: Patsy Newitt
Here are five key statistics that are concerning physicians this year:
A Tulsa, Okla., man has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for a $7 million healthcare fraud scheme.
Five defendants, including healthcare executives, were found guilty of a kickback conspiracy scheme.
A Springdale, Ark.-based psychiatrist and former head of Arkansas' state medical board has been formally charged with two counts of Medicaid fraud.
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Six physicians made Forbes' annual "30 Under 30" in healthcare list, released Nov. 28.
A nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty in Boston federal court for her role in a $7.8 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary medical equipment, including back and knee braces.
Decatur, Ill., is the urban area with the lowest cost of living, according to a Nov. 21 report from the Council for Community and Economic Research.
New York City's Manhattan borough is the urban area with the highest cost of living, according to a Nov. 21 report from the Council for Community and Economic Research.
CEOs of three major employers of physicians were deemed "overpaid" in As You Sow's 10th report covering S&P 500 companies.