Jim Chanos says he is shorting kidney dialysis company DaVita
Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos Associates, revealed Thursday a stock he has been shorting for years: kidney dialysis company DaVita. “It’s...
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Fighting no-fault insurance fraud under unfair business practices laws
In his Insurance Fraud column, Evan H. Krinick discusses and compares how Florida and New York treat insurance company actions alleging...
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Medicaid fraud lawsuit against opioid manufacturer
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office filed a civil Medicaid fraud lawsuit against two pharmaceutical companies for using...
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SC pain management company shutters, lays off 257 workers amid federal lawsuits
A network of South Carolina-based pain treatment clinics is closing after five of its former employees “blew the whistle” and alleged...
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Judge awards $339M in home health care fraud qui tam action
A federal judge in Dallas on Wednesday ordered four health care professionals to pay the federal government $339.4 million in a...
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Florida nail salon owner must submit to discovery in insurer’s fraud action
A federal district court in Florida has denied a motion by a nail salon owner to quash two nonparty subpoenas served...
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UnityPoint Health data breach lawsuit partially dismissed by judge
A class-action lawsuit against UnityPoint Health over a 2018 phishing-related data breach has been partially dismissed by the US District Court...
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Shazam Auto Glass and its owner file motion to dismiss fraud lawsuit
Shazam Auto Glass, LLC, (Shazam) and its owner, Sean Martineau have filed a motion to dismiss its lawsuit against Geico Insurance...
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Feds file lawsuit against spinal implant company in New York
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of...
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Health plan trained physicians to overbill Medicare, lawsuit alleges
Essence Group Holdings, a St. Louis-based health plan with 60,000 members in Missouri and Illinois, is facing a whistleblower lawsuit and...
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