TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB) - Starting Thursday, a state law went into effect that speeds up refunds for patients who are overcharged for healthcare. Senate Bill 1808 requires healthcare providers to refund overcharged patients within 30 days. Providers who miss the deadline could face fines or penalties.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The New York State Department of Health has imposed a $666,000 civil penalty against Waterview Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center following two years of serious regulatory violations, including widespread medication errors, failures to prevent resident abuse and neglect, and insufficient staffing. Under a stipulation and order signed in December, the facility is required to pay $100,000. The remaining $566,000 will be suspended, and ultimately

Prosecutors with the Connecticut Division of Justice issued a report on Tuesday announcing that a licensed behavioral health clinician from Middletown was sentenced last week for defrauding the state’s Medicaid program. Sixty-six-year-old Darlene Shuff-Porter, also known as Darlene Dailey, was sentenced on Feb. 11 to three years in prison, execution of time suspended, with five years of conditional discharge for her criminal scheme.

A federal grand jury in Rhode Island has charged two former top executives of Colorado-based medical device company Zynex Inc. with fraud, accusing them of raking in hundreds of millions of dollars for unnecessary equipment and supplies. Former Zynex CEO Thomas Sandgaard, 67, of Castle Rock, Colorado, and former Chief Operating Officer Anna Lucsok, 39, of Denver, each face nine counts of healthcare fraud, two counts of mail fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft,

The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced new civil enforcement mechanisms to protect substance use disorder, or SUD, patient records. Effective Feb. 16, 2026, entities subject to 42 CFR Part 2 rules, commonly known as "Part 2," are required to comply with breach notification requirements or else face penalties aligned with those administered under HIPAA. Entities are now able to file breach reports under Part 2 using a new form on OCR's existing breach portal , and OCR wi

February 17, 2026 - Pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) must report pricing and product information to the U.S. government, paying separate rebates to state Medicaid program for each "strength" and "dosage form" of single source and innovator multiple source products. However, neither "strength" nor "dosage form" is defined in the MDRP statute, regulations, or Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance, leaving a