Immigrants will be asked whether they are in the country legally if they seek hospital care in Florida as a new law goes into effect July 1.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
12 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From NYU Langone suing Northwell Health over the shade of purple it used in its advertising campaign, to Ascension facing a lawsuit for allegedly taking employees’ fingerprints without consent, here are 12 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker’s has…
Illinois ER physicians sue shuttered hospital
Former emergency room physicians at St. Margaret’s Health-Peru (Ill.) have filed a lawsuit against the now-shuttered hospital, alleging it missed payments for their services.
150 join class action against Harvard, former morgue manager
As of June 23, 150 people have joined a class-action lawsuit against Boston-based Harvard University and the school’s former morgue manager in a case related to stolen human remains, according to NBC Boston.
Georgia physician could face $27M fine for false diagnoses claims
A Georgia physician could face more than $27 million in fines after a jury found he had violated the False Claims Act by submitting false diagnoses to Medicare, according to an article by law firm Husch Blackwell published by JD Supra on June 22.
HCA monitors reprimanded for North Carolina operation
HCA Healthcare has been criticized for having only one oncologist on staff at its Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health operations.
No need for 'media circus' in VUMC billing fraud inquiry, Tennessee AG says
After Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced June 20 it had turned over five years of medical records of patients who are minors and had received gender-affirming care at the hospital, the Tennessee attorney general’s office on June 21 released…
EEOC sues Indiana hospital for disability discrimination against nurse
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Munster, Ind.-based Community Hospital and its operator Munster Medical Research Foundation Inc. for disability discrimination after it allegedly failed to accommodate a nurse who suffered a work inj…
Ohio nurse pleads guilty to inappropriately touching dozens of patients
An Ohio licensed practical nurse pleaded guilty to 17 counts of unwanted sexual contact with male patients.
Man accused of shooting Missouri hospital building sentenced
A man accused of shooting a hospital building in Audrain County, Mo., pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree property damage, ABC affiliate KMIZ reported June 20.
