Health Agency&#39;s Former Chief Sues for Pay or Reinstatement
621221
Richard B. Turan spent three and a half years as president of Nassau County&#39;s public hospital agency, and they were not sunny times.
572121
GREENVILLE -- Medical lawsuits are one of the driving forces behind skyrocketing health care costs. That&#39;s according to Secretary Tommy Thompson, of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
277836
A former marketing executive, in a legal battle, accuses the companyâs chief of violating its policies.
431263
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.  - A former high-ranking  HealthSouth Corp.  financial officer spent a second day in  court detailing a $2.7 billion accounting fraud and again said  that former Chief Executive Richard Scrushy was fully aware of  the extent of the fraud.
31661
After a year as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Mike Leavitt can&#39;t be blamed if he feels a sense of deja vu when he steps into his new role as health secretary.
600319
By Alan Riquelmy, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 8--A former employee for the Columbus Consolidated Government has filed suit against the city, alleging race discrimination and retaliation.
463381
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration  reviewer who criticized the agency's handling of Merck & Co.  Inc.'s now-withdrawn Vioxx painkiller may be forced to another  position at the agency, a lawyer for the scientist said on  Monday.
332407
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.  - A former HealthSouth Corp.  finance officer testified on Monday that ex Chief Executive  Richard Scrushy told him to keep his fellow conspirators in  line as a probe into accounting fraud at the health-care  company intensified in March of 2003.
273176
Inova Health System, one of Virginia&#39;s largest nonprofit hospital chains, is being sued in federal court for allegedly overcharging uninsured patients and then using &quot;aggressive and humiliating&quot; techniques to collect.
230724
Former marketing executive, in a legal battle, accuses the companyâs chief of violating its policies.
476159
Sunrise Senior Living's former chief financial officer, Bradley B. Rush, yesterday sued the McLean assisted-living company, claiming that it fired him in May in retaliation for his uncovering improper accounting practices.
655191
President George W. Bush nominated Michael Leavitt, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, to head the US Department of Health and Human Services in the president&#39;s second term.
166619
Abuse and neglect was so rampant at a South Side nursing home, two former employees dubbed it &quot;the house of death, terror and filth,&quot; a whistleblower lawsuit unsealed Monday alleged.
147073
Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona yesterday accused the Bush administration of muzzling him on sensitive public health issues, becoming the most prominent voice among several current and former federal science officials who have complained of political interference.
565054
NEW YORK - The state and city sued Merck &amp; Co. Inc. yesterday, saying the drug maker defrauded Medicaid and other government insurance programs by hiding the risks of heart problems associated with its pain medication Vioxx.
505070
Another former top HealthSouth Corp. executive was indicted Thursday for what prosecutors say was his part in a massive fraud as jurors at Richard Scrushy's trial watched a video of the former CEO exhorting, cajoling and warning hundreds of employees at a 1998 meeting.
347024
A former U.N. procurement official on  trail for helping secure contracts for a friend in exchange for  kickbacks is the victim of a &quot;witch hunt&quot; to clean up bad  public relations the world body has suffered in past years, his  defense lawyer argued on Tuesday.