Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

A former cancer research scientist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded $3.8 million for harassment and discrimination she said she experienced while employed at the university’s medical school, AL.com reported Sept. 10.

A chair with a name card for Ralph de la Torre, MD, chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Steward Health Care, sat empty Sept. 12 after he skipped the bipartisan Senate committee hearing he had been subpoenaed to attend. 

The Washington state Supreme Court ruled earlier this year to hold hospitals accountable for medical errors committed by independent contractors, a Seattle-based law firm said Sept. 10. 

While there are still issues to iron out, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez authorized an interim settlement agreement for Dallas-based Steward Health Care to transition many of its remaining hospitals to its landlord, Medical Properties Tr…

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health will continue to operate a hospital in Fosston, Minn., after an arbitration panel ruled in the health system’s favor in a dispute with the city. 

Rushville, Ill.-based Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital is being accused of sharing patients’ information with third parties, including Google, Microsoft and Facebook, the Journal-Courier reported Sept. 10.

New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University has settled a lawsuit brought by 93 patients claiming they had endured excruciating egg retrieval procedures after a nurse secretly swapped their fentanyl for saline solution, The New York Times reported Sept. 9.

Madera, Calif.-based Valley Children’s Healthcare recently proposed a settlement that would give about $50 to each employee in a lawsuit alleging the hospital did not pay sufficient wages. However, one nurse said she is owed more than 500 times that am…

The Biden administration on Sept. 9 said it is finalizing a set of rules designed to eliminate loopholes and improve funding among insurers and health plans for mental healthcare services.

A nurse practitioner in Alabama has filed a lawsuit against HHS, challenging a $217,500 penalty imposed for breaching a federal student loan relief program meant to increase access to healthcare in rural communities, The Wall Street Journal reported Se…