A series of missteps led to a nurse inadvertently administering the wrong medication to a patient last summer at CHI Saint Joseph Health Main in Lexington, Ky. The medication mix-up ultimately led to the patient’s death, according to an investigation b…
A physician was injured July 25 by a gunman who fired inside of a Texas medical building, Fox News reported.
An Idaho jury ordered Ammon Bundy, Diego Rodriguez, the People’s Rights Network, Freedom Man Press, and the Bundy campaign for governor to pay $52.5 million to Boise-based St. Luke’s Health System and other plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging harassment a…
Robert Hadden, MD, a former OB-GYN physician at New York City-based Columbia University, who was convicted of sexual abuse earlier this year, was sentenced July 25 to 20 years in prison, according to a July 25 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s…
In a 155-page lawsuit, Cleveland leaders accused numerous retail pharmacies, drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of hiking insulin prices that they said cost the city millions of dollars, according to court documents.
Two patients filed a class action lawsuit against Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center July 24, claiming the system violated patient privacy by sharing medical information with the state attorney general amid a probe into transgender ca…
A former hospital clerk was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing patient information to defraud the government.
Police have confirmed the identity of the man suspected of fatally shooting a security guard July 22 at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Ore., Fox affiliate KPTV reported.
From a call center owner and employee pleading guilty to their roles in a $67 million scheme to a behavioral health provider agreeing to settle allegations it billed Virginia Medicaid for services that were not provided, here are 12 healthcare billing …
No agreement has been reached between Miami-based HCA Kendall Hospital and a plaintiff who sued the hospital, after an employee posted them online.
