All employees may request accommodations, including time off from work, when an employer’s schedule interferes with the worker’s religious beliefs and practices, the Supreme Court ruled June 29.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
'Strongest in the country' hospital price transparency bill moves forward in Ohio
The Ohio House of Representatives passed H.B. 49, a bill designed to increase hospital price transparency, by a vote of 90-5.
EEOC sues Michigan hospital claiming disability discrimination against nurse
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Beaumont Hospital, in Wayne, Mich., alleging it failed to accommodate a registered nurse with a disability.
California health systems, providers to pay $68M settlement for alleged Medi-Cal fraud
A group of California healthcare providers, including two health systems and a health plan, have agreed to pay $68 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medi-Cal related to Medicaid Adult Expansion under the Patient Protecti…
78 charged in sweeping $2.5B fraud scheme
The Justice Department has charged 78 individuals, including 24 physicians, for their alleged participation in a sweeping $2.5 billion telehealth, pharmaceutical and opioid distribution fraud scheme.
Former physician sues HCA for libel
A gynecologic oncologist has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital, and associated entities, alleging they made a premature report that hindered his future employment opportunities.
Maine whistleblower physician sues after termination from state medical board
A physician filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired from the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine because of a whistleblower complaint against her previous hospital employer, Medscape reported June 26.
Former medical device sales rep arrested for alleged spine implant billing scheme
A former medical device sales representative was arrested June 26 for allegedly defrauding a Boston area hospital and lying to federal authorities, according to the Justice Department.
Fears ramp up for immigrants ahead of July 1 Florida hospital law
Immigrants will be asked whether they are in the country legally if they seek hospital care in Florida as a new law goes into effect July 1.
12 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From NYU Langone suing Northwell Health over the shade of purple it used in its advertising campaign, to Ascension facing a lawsuit for allegedly taking employees’ fingerprints without consent, here are 12 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker’s has…
