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Elevance Health must face federal suit alleging Medicare …

WEB1.00. Indianapolis-based Elevance Health Inc. must face a federal lawsuit alleging that the company defrauded the U.S. government of millions of dollars by falsely …

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After 3 years and 500 court filings, Community Health and feds still

WEBCommunity Health has called the government’s complaint “meritless” and said it cooperated with the investigation. It said it was disappointed that the Justice …

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Community Health sets aside $75M in ‘potential settlement …

WEBCommunity Health first disclosed its additional $50 million reserves in the matter on page seven of a financial report last week under the heading of …

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Community Health agrees to pay $345M to settle ‘false claims’ …

WEBCommunity Health Network has agreed to pay the United States government $345 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a yearslong scheme to …

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Quieter year expected for Indiana health care bills

WEBHealth care in 2025 and beyond. Tabor said he hoped that the ongoing data collection efforts would help leaders take a more nuanced and thoughtful approach to …

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IN Supreme Court rules for Community Health in dispute over …

WEBIn November 2020, the high court granted transfer in Community Health Network, Inc. v. Heather McKenzie, et al., 20S-CT-648. In that case, Katrina Gray, then …

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Health & Insurance

WEBHealth care headache: Ruling bars ISBA from offering insurance to solos, but leaders seek options. When the federal district court in Washington, D.C., ruled in a …

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COA reverses judgment for IU Health on patient’s liability claim

WEB1.00. Judgment for IU Health on a complaint stemming from a near-fatal surgery has been reversed, with the Indiana Court of Appeals finding an issue of fact as …

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Community Health must face Justice Department’s false claims …

WEBCommunity Health did not immediately respond to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s request for comment. The federal government filed a False Claims Act lawsuit …

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Lawsuit challenges state’s handling of mentally ill

WEB1.00. With allegations that individuals deemed incompetent to stand trial are being left to languish in Indiana’s county jails, a federal lawsuit filed in May by Indiana …

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Indy’s mental health crisis response teams to launch this summer

WEBClinician-led teams will be available to respond to mental health emergencies in Indianapolis as early as July 1, officials in Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration announced Monday. Creation of the response teams stems largely from promises made by Hogsett to advocacy group Faith in Indiana in March 2022. Hogsett …

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Nearly two-thirds of serious mental health needs unmet in Marion …

WEBLast September, the Indiana Behavioral Health Commission said untreated mental illnesses cost the state $4.2 billion a year, as one in five Hoosiers live with a …

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African Americans account for 9.8% of Indiana population, but …

WEBThis current public health emergency has unmasked massive historical injustices in our populations, the impact of residential segregation and the entrenched disinvestment in our communities.” Of the 7,928 positive cases of COVID-19 in Indiana reported as of Saturday, nearly half (46%) were from just two counties, Marion and …

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7th Circuit rules in favor of hospital in EMTALA violation suit

WEB1.00. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the 2003 definition of when a person is to have “come to the emergency room” is a clarification of the rule in effect in …

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Indiana health care mergers, acquisitions now require 90 days …

WEBUnder the measure, an Indiana health care entity that is involved in a merger or acquisition with another health care entity with total assets, including combined …

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Essley: The land of (health care lien) confusion

WEBEric Essley is an associate general counsel at MDwise Inc., an Indiana-based HMO. Eric’s practice focuses on a diverse set of in-house and state and federal health care matters. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author. Eric Essley writes about a few of the health care-related lien statutes often encountered …

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Court orders new trial in pregnancy discrimination suit against

WEBA federal jury’s award of $5.5 million to a former Franciscan Health employee who sued the health system for pregnancy discrimination suggests the verdict was …

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Mental Health Courts

WEBA man who challenged his ongoing commitment to a mental health facility got a partial victory in that the trial court has been ordered to review his medication to …

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Nightingale Home Healthcare sues state, feds alleging discrimination

WEBDr. Dev Brar, CEO of Carmel-based Nightingale Home Healthcare, said in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that since he complained about the alleged racial comments, the Indiana State Department of Health has conducted more frequent inspections at Nightingale facilities and issued harsher reports after those surveys.

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