Massachusetts General Hospital will pay $14.6 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged overbilling for double-booked surgeries that were simultaneously overseen by the same surgeon. It’s the third time since 2019 that the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital agreed to pay millions …
Fifteen retired and active-duty firefighters from Massachusetts say in a federal lawsuit filed against two dozen companies that so-called forever chemicals in their gear and in firefighting foam manufactured by the businesses contributed to their cancer diagnoses. The firefighters from …
A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney general’s civil probe into their family company. Justice Arthur …
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it would file a lawsuit aimed at stopping the merger of Rhode Island’s two largest health care providers, Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System. The agency, which voted unanimously …
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — A tanker carrying 9,200 gallons (34,825 liters) of gasoline overturned, crashed into a vacant building and burst into flames on Long Island early Wednesday, shutting down traffic for hours and spilling fuel into the sewer system, …
Specialty insurance brokerage Risk Strategies has acquired the retail brokerage operations and assets of Joyce Insurance Group and associated businesses in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The acquisition of Joyce Insurance Group represents a solidification of the Risk Strategies presence in Pennsylvania. In …
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has issued stop-work orders to five out-of-state contractors – from Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina – who misclassified workers performing construction work in New Jersey The state investigated four subcontractors …
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will resign her position Feb. 25. Altman has accepted a position as chief executive officer of Covered California, that state’s health insurance marketplace. Mike Humphreys, the Pennsylvania insurance department’s chief …
The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump’s image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after New York’s attorney general said …
An employee of Quincy’s pension fund wrongly sent $3.5 million in a wire transfer in February 2021 in response to a scam email and the funds have not been recovered. The Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission is investigating the Quincy …
