Providence Health & Services Agrees to Pay $22.7 Million to Resolve Liability From Medically Unnecessary Neurosurgery Procedures at Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center

DOJ

Providence Health & Services Washington (Providence) has agreed to pay $22,690,458 to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs for medically unnecessary neurosurgery procedures, announced Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington and Bob Ferguson, the Washington State Attorney General. Today’s joint settlement between Providence, the United States, and the State of Washington, which administers Washington’s Medicaid program using a combination of state and federal funding, is the largest-ever health care fraud settlement in the Eastern District of Washington. read more »

McKinsey Opened a Door in Its Firewall Between Pharma Clients and Regulators

NEW YORK TIMES

The firm let consultants advise both drugmakers and their government overseers, internal records show. “Who we know and what we know” was part of their pitch. read more »