Reversing course on an earlier position, The Christ Hospital entered into an agreement that’ll give the federal government’s inspector general the right to monitor the hospital for five years — and continue receiving Medicare and Medicaid payments.

The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and two former member hospitals agreed to pay the federal government $2.6 million in fines to settle kickback charges, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.The alleged scheme involved 310-bed Fort Hamilton Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio, and University Internal Medicine Associates, a physician group based at The University [...]

The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and The Christ Hospital have settled a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the hospital of defrauding federal healthcare programs by making improper payments to cardiologists in exchange for generating hospital revenue.The health alliance and hospital signed a civil settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve the manner [...]

The University of Cincinnati, Jewish Health System, and Fort Hamilton Hospital and Healthcare Corp. have hammered out an agreement that completes the long-anticipated acquisition of Jewish Hospital by Mercy Health Partners, and leaves the university the sole member of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati.Jewish Hospital and Mercy Health, both based in Cincinnati, had hoped [...]

Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University dental researcher Ge Jin has found a protein switch that turns on the spread of cancer — the process that often leads to fatal breast, ovarian, pancreatic and colon-rectal cancers.

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has weighed in on the proposed merger of Jewish Hospital and Mercy Health Partners. Cordray’s plea: Please wait two months, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Cordray wants to give mediation between Jewish Hospital and University Hospital — both members of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati — a chance to save the alliance.