Ashville, N.C.-based Mission Health’s plan to build a freestanding emergency room in western Buncombe County, N.C., is receiving pushback from a nearby AdventHealth hospital, local news outlet ABC13 reported June 7.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
2 recent hospital fraud self-disclosure settlements
The HHS Office of the Inspector General recently announced settlement agreements in two fraud self-disclosure cases:
White House 'confident' in beating Merck's drug price negotiation lawsuit
In response to Merck’s lawsuit concerning the Inflation Reduction Act’s allowance for the U.S. to negotiate drug prices for the nation’s 10 most expensive medications, the White House said it is “confident we will succeed.”
NewYork-Presbyterian sued after physician allegedly drugged, assaulted patient
NewYork-Presbyterian has been named in a civil suit that alleges a patient was drugged and sexually assaulted by Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, a gastroenterologist who previously practiced at its Flushing, N.Y., location.
Temporary administrator personally owes Texas hospital's tax debt, court finds
The temporary administrator of Riverside General Hospital, a now-shuttered facility in Houston, was found liable for $173,630 in hospital payroll taxes that were not turned over to the federal government during her tenure, a federal court ruled May 31….
Federal judge blocks Florida's youth gender-affirming care ban
A federal judge in Florida has blocked the enforcement of a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents, such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgeries.
FTC takes aim at bill that may shield UNC Health from antitrust enforcement
The Federal Trade Commission wrote a letter to North Carolina House Health Committee members, opposing a bill that aims to prevent antitrust officials from challenging the University of North Carolina Health Care System for engaging in anticompetitive …
Merck sues feds to stop Medicare drug price negotiations
Merck said it will file a lawsuit against the federal government seeking an injunction of the drug price negotiation program in the Inflation Reduction Act, arguing it violates the First and Fifth Amendments, Reuters reported June 6.
Texas bans gender-affirming care for minors
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation into law June 2 that bars minors from receiving puberty blockers, hormone therapies and gender transition surgery.
Man charged in killing of DMC nurse
A Michigan man has been charged in connection with the carjacking and murder of his ex-girlfriend and Detroit Medical Center nurse, Patrice Wilson, the Detroit Free Press reported June 1.
