A 28-year-old man was arrested after allegedly bringing a gun into Peterborough, N.H.-based Monadnock Community Hospital, the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript reported Feb. 11.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Martin Shkreli denies FTC's contempt claims
Martin Shkreli asked a federal judge to not hold him in contempt for failing to provide the Federal Trade Commission with information requested to determine whether he has violated a lifelong ban from working in the drug industry, according to Feb. 10 …
Former Trinity Health accounting manager accused of stealing $2M
Cindy Sue Norgren, the former accounting manager at a Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health hospital, was charged with embezzling $2 million from the Michigan health system, mlive.com reported Feb. 9.
Arkansas rural hospital funding bill moves forward
An Arkansas Senate committee approved a bill that would allow rural hospitals to apply for Rural Emergency Hospital designation, opening them up to new sources of federal funds, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Feb. 9.
Iowa passes $2M cap on medical malpractice damages
The Iowa Legislature has approved a bill that would cap noneconomic medical malpractice damages to $2 million in lawsuits against hospitals and $1 million in lawsuits against clinics and individual physicians, the Des Moines Register reported Feb. 8.
Chicago man charged for punching four hospital nurses
A Chicago man was charged with four counts of aggravated battery after he allegedly punched four nurses, Fox32 reported Feb. 8.
Former director sentenced for defrauding government, Maine Medical Center
The former director of Maine Task Force One, a disaster medical assistance team, has been found guilty of federal program fraud and wire fraud and sentenced to five years in prison with two years of supervised release.
Healthcare billing fraud: 11 recent cases
From 23 Michigan residents being charged in an alleged $61.5 million scheme to the sentencing of a Louisiana clinic owner who billed Medicaid after misdiagnosing children, here are 11 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported since Jan. 20:&…
FBI aiming to protect, give “Ritz Carlton-level customer service” to companies that report cyberattacks
The relationship between the FBI and private companies over the past 20 years has often been cold and combative, such as the FBI’s 2016 efforts to force Apple to unlock the iPhone of a terrorist involved in the San Bernardino, Calif. shooting, The Wall…
Cardiologist, Iowa board agree to settlement 12 years after misconduct incident
The Iowa State Appeal Board settled a 2020 lawsuit with a cardiologist for releasing information related to an incident that occurred during a 2010 surgery, The Gazette reported Feb. 7.
