Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

A federal judge temporarily denied a motion that would force Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals to use outside oncologists to treat patients, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported Sept. 15.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit against IU Health and IU Healthcare Associates, alleging that the Indianapolis-based academic medical center failed to train employees and protect personal health information a year after a physi…

From the IRS appealing a ruling that required the agency to repay $11.5 million to Mayo Clinic, to Kaiser Permanente paying $49 million to settle improper disposal allegations, here are 10 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker’s reported since Sept….

A pharmacist in Houston was convicted for her role in a pill mill pharmacy that unlawfully dispensed more than 100,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash.

A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against an executive at three different healthcare staffing agencies in the Las Vegas area, charging him with wage fixing and wire fraud. 

A Florida osteopathic physician was ordered to pay $20 million to the family of a patient who died while being treated for acute pancreatitis, Palm Beach Post reported Sept. 14.

Denver Health and individual defendants are being sued over alleged lack of care to an incarcerated man who later died in his cell, according to a Sept. 13 Denver Post report.

Physicians and women in Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee are filing lawsuits against their respective states over abortion bans, saying they were denied the procedure despite dangerous pregnancy complications, ABC News reported Sept. 12.

Bipartisan legislation that would make it a federal crime to knowingly assault hospital workers was introduced in the U.S. Senate on Sept. 12.

Two former executives of Mercy Iowa City are suing the hospital for allegedly shorting their severance payments, The Gazette reported Sept. 12.