The New York State Department of Health has started the process of repealing its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for workers at regulated healthcare facilities, the agency announced May 24.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Former HonorHealth anesthesia tech charged with poisoning coffee during surgery
A former anesthesia tech at HonorHealth Scottsdale (Ariz.) Shea Medical Center has been charged with poisoning a coffee belonging to someone working in the operating room, CBS5 reported May 24.
Man, woman charged with threats targeting hospitals
Threats made against hospitals in two separate incidents resulted in the arrests of a Pennsylvania man and Missouri woman this month.
Ohio physician sentenced to 6 years for fraud
An Ohio physician was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud and illegally prescribing controlled substances.
Patient sues Saint Luke's for discrimination after being kicked out of ED
A Black woman who sought medical assistance at Saint Luke’s Community Hospital in Leawood, Kan., in May 2021 claims she was forcibly removed from the medical facility by Leawood police before receiving treatment for “excruciating” abdominal pain, accor…
Healthcare M&A bill up for discussion again in North Carolina
House Bill 737, which would give more regulatory oversight in planned healthcare mergers and acquisitions, is back on the negotiating table in North Carolina, according to a May 22 report in the Winston-Salem Journal.
North Carolina nurse sentenced, loses license after replacing pain meds with saline
A former Fuquay-Varina, N.C. nurse was sentenced to 48 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for tampering with painkillers for surgery patients.
Former hospital nurse charged with harassing coworkers
A former nurse at multiple hospitals was arrested May 16 on allegations of harassment and cyberstalking a man he met on a dating app, and harassing former coworkers.
Tenet hospital faces disability discrimination suit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Tenet Healthcare hospital in Alabama for allegedly violating federal disability laws by terminating an employee who had requested medical accommodation.
Texas AG to investigate 2nd children's hospital over gender-transition care
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is now investigating Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston — the second children’s hospital in the state being probed on whether its providers are performing gender-transition procedures.
