Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

FTC reaffirms opposition to Indiana hospital merger

The Federal Trade Commission submitted a second comment to the Indiana Department of Health March 17 requesting the state agency deny Terre Haute, Ind.-based Union Health’s application to acquire Terre Haute Regional Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-…

Rhode Island hospital sues group that alleges mismanagement

Wakefield, R.I.-based South County Health has filed a lawsuit against a former employee and a group that has alleged mismanagement on the part of the hospital, claiming they interfered with the hospital’s expected donations.

Mayo Clinic ends most medical debt lawsuits in legal settlement: 5 notes

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic will halt almost all lawsuits to collect medical debt after entering into a legal settlement with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, according to the Star Tribune.

Man sentenced in 2022 attack that left 2 Novant staff injured

A man was sentenced March 10 in connection with a 2022 assault that left two employees injured at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., according to local media outlets. 

Physician staffing firm files for bankruptcy

NES Health, a physician-led staffing firm, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, marking the official collapse of the company after months of financial turmoil that left emergency department physicians at numerous hospitals across the nation unpaid. 

FTC sues to block merger of device coatings companies

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit to block private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings from acquiring Surmodics, a medical technology company, arguing the deal would reduce competition for critical device coatings. 

Texas pharmacy owner to forfeit $405M tied to fraud scheme

In the highest forfeiture secured by the Justice Department’s health care fraud unit, a federal court ordered a Texas pharmacist to forfeit $405 million in assets tied to fraud and money laundering schemes. 

Former Virginia nurse faces additional charges in NICU abuse case

A former nurse at HCA’s Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, Va., is now facing eight counts of abuse and malicious wounding after several infants in the hospital’s neonatal ICU were found with unexplained fractures while under her care, according to…

Pilot, hospital workers killed in medical helicopter crash in Mississippi

Two crew members who worked for the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the pilot were killed March 10 in an AirCare helicopter crash in northern Madison County, outside Jackson, hospital officials said in a statement.  

HHS probes allegations of workforce discrimination at 4 medical schools

HHS is investigating allegations of workforce discrimination at four unnamed medical schools and hospitals.