Federal agents have arrested a Utah man previously indicted for allegedly posing as a physician and selling a baseless COVID-19 cure, ending a three-year manhunt.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
11 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From AdventHealth suing MultiPlan for alleged price fixing, to a Louisiana hospital reaching a settlement in an overtime wage lawsuit, here are 11 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker’s has reported since Aug. 3.
11 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From AdventHealth suing MultiPlan for alleged price fixing, to a Louisiana hospital reaching a settlement in an overtime wage lawsuit, here are 11 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker’s has reported since Aug. 3.
Surgeon sues Maine hospital, alleging discrimination
A surgeon is suing Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center and the hospital’s chief of surgery over alleged discrimination she faced as a female, foreign-born physician, according to Bangor Daily News.
St. Luke's accuses Ammon Bundy of avoiding lawsuit payment
Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System has filed a new lawsuit as it seeks to get the money a court ordered Ammon Bundy to pay in a lawsuit alleging harassment and intimidation against St. Luke’s and its workers.
Louisiana hospital reaches $1.2M overtime settlement
Donaldsonville, La.-based Prevost Memorial Hospital reached a settlement worth up to $1.16 million in a lawsuit accusing the hospital of not paying overtime for nurses, The Advocate reported Aug. 14.
Louisiana hospital reaches $1.2M overtime settlement
Donaldsonville, La.-based Prevost Memorial Hospital reached a settlement worth up to $1.16 million in a lawsuit accusing the hospital of not paying overtime for nurses, The Advocate reported Aug. 14.
Physician charged with assaulting patients at NewYork Presbyterian hospital
Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, has been charged with sexually abusing three patients at New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital and raping three other patients in his home.
NP pleads guilty for role in illegal opioid distribution
A nurse practitioner in Fort Ann, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to distributing controlled substances outside of professional practice, according to an Aug. 11 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
Vanderbilt faces civil rights probe
After sharing patients’ medical information with the state attorney general amid a probe into transgender care practices, Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center is now facing a civil rights investigation, the Los Angeles Times repo…
