Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Fla.) has agreed to pay $2.4 million after it self-reported alleged violations of the Civil Monetary Penalties Law.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
NAACP files federal complaints following Wellstar's closure of Atlanta hospitals
The civil rights organization NAACP, along with Georgia Democrats and other lawmakers, has filed two federal complaints against Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System following its closure of two Atlanta hospitals in primarily Black areas.
Tennessee physician, wife sentenced to 20 years for prescription fraud
A Tennessee physician and his wife were sentenced to 20 years in prison each for conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.
Ohio nurse claims hospital failed to pay overtime in class-action suit
A registered nurse in Ohio has filed a complaint in federal court against a Kettering Health hospital, alleging the hospital failed to pay overtime wages to nurses who worked through unpaid meal breaks.
Nurse degree scheme raises legal questions for hospitals
As nursing boards and state authorities work to root out the several thousand nurses practicing with fake degrees nationwide, questions are emerging about hospitals’ legal obligations to do their own investigations.
Physician sues hospital for allegedly 'squeezing him out of the pain market'
A pain management physician is suing New Martinsville, W.Va.-based Wetzel County Hospital for “squeezing him out of the market,” the West Virginia Record reported Feb. 20.
Former Ohio nurse sentenced in connection to patient's death
A former nurse at an Ohio nursing home has been sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to surrender her nursing license in connection to a patient’s death last May, the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said Feb. 28.
Court rules against George Washington Hospital's request for sales tax refund
Federal judges struck down a request for nearly $1 million in a sales tax refund from District Hospital Partners, the operator of Washington, D.C.-based George Washington Hospital, The GW Hatchett reported March 6.
Arkansas medical board chair resigns amid fraud allegations
The chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board has resigned after the state’s Medicaid inspector general found “credible allegations of fraud,” the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported March 3.
Lakeland Regional Medical Center to pay $4M to settle impermissible Medicaid donation allegations
Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center has agreed to pay $4 million to settle allegations it made improper, non-bona fide Medicaid donations to Polk County, Fla., by assuming and paying certain amounts of the county’s financial obligation to other hea…
