An appeals court partially overturned a Texas federal judge’s preliminary injunction on April 12 by allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain on the market, but it cannot be mail ordered.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Nurse gets prison time for diverting drugs from Indiana hospital
A former nurse has been sentenced to three years in prison for tampering with vials of injectable pain medications while working in the emergency department at Franciscan Health Crawfordsville, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of In…
Louisiana health system ordered to shut down operations as lawsuit continues
Thibodaux (La.) Regional Medical Center has been ordered to halt operations in nearby Houma amid an ongoing lawsuit between it and Houma-based Terrebonne General Health System, according to an April 12 report in Houmatoday.
UAB nurses weren't paid overtime, lawsuit alleges
Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Medicine worked its nurses more than 40 hours per week without pay, a recent lawsuit alleges.
Lawmakers call for FDA to ignore Texas abortion pill ruling
Some Democratic and Republican lawmakers said the FDA should ignore the Texas ruling that looks to rescind the agency’s approval of an abortion pill, The Hill reported April 11.
New York physician arrested, charged with sexual abuse of patients
A urologist who practiced at prominent New York City hospitals was arrested April 11 on allegations of yearslong sexual abuse of patients.
Outcome Health executives found guilty in $1B fraud case
Three former executives of healthcare technology startup Outcome Health were found guilty by a federal jury April 11 on 47 charges of fraud and acquitted of seven charges.
Man sues UNOS, Cedars-Sinai over alleged racial bias in transplant priority
A man has filed a lawsuit alleging that an algorithm used to determine priority for organs is biased against Black people, The Washington Post reported April 10.
Lawsuit alleges Florida's Medicaid denied incontinence supplies to disabled adults
A class-action lawsuit that alleges Florida’s Medicaid program has denied coverage for incontinence supplies for adults with disabilities is moving forward, radio station WMNF reported April 10.
NorthShore, physician to pay $35M settlement in negligence suit
Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem and one of its former obstetrician-gynecologists will pay $35 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the physician was negligent when delivering a baby, The Chicago Tribune reported April 10.
