From a jury awarding nearly $183 million to a family who filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, to a Colorado hospital agreeing to settle a lawsuit alleging it did not compensate for off-the-clock wo…
A group of former employees of St. Charles Health System have filed a lawsuit alleging the Bend, Ore.-based health system’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement violated their religious freedom rights, The Bulletin reported May 3.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill into law May 2 preventing nonphysicians from using specialty titles such as “doctor,” in an effort to promote transparency for patients.
Three nurses who say they legitimately earned their nursing degrees from one of the three now-shuttered Florida schools involved in Operation Nightingale are fighting to keep their licenses, according to their attorney.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against a Trinity Health hospital in Michigan for allegedly violating federal religious laws by rescinding an employment offer because the person refused to get a flu shot.
A California plastic surgeon will pay $23.9 million to settle allegations his practice submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
CMS is investigating two hospitals for allegedly not providing stabilizing care to a pregnant patient experiencing a medical emergency — a violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, the agency announced May 1.
The Biden administration will end COVID-19 vaccine requirements for employees of CMS-certified healthcare facilities.
Boston Children’s Hospital has reviewed its sleep study protocols after a child died following what The Boston Globe called May 1 “a devastating series of errors.”
A police officer shot a woman May 1 in the emergency department of Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga.
