Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

Massachusetts’ highest court on Dec. 19 rejected an effort to legalize medically assisted suicide. 

A man waiting in the emergency department with a family member late last week threatened to blow up Excela Health Latrobe (Pa.) Hospital, according to a CBS Pittsburgh report.

Attorneys have filed a class-action lawsuit against Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health on behalf of several hundred former employees and job applicants, accusing the health system of systematically refusing religious accommodations to the COVID…

Attorneys for three executives of Healthcare Conglomerate Associates, a hospital management firm based in Tulare, Calif., are accusing Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward of biased prosecution — claims that, depending on court action, could force …

A nurse practitioner is suing the Department of Veterans Affairs, alleging the agency’s policy to offer abortion services violates her religious beliefs. 

A nurse practitioner is suing the Department of Veterans Affairs, alleging the agency’s policy to offer abortion services violates her religious beliefs. 

Akram Boutros, MD, who was fired as president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth, filed a new lawsuit against the health system alleging breach of contract, according to court documents shared with Becker’s.

A Georgia laboratory owner has been convicted of fraudulently claiming money from Medicare for expensive genetic testing that wasn’t necessary, enriching himself with over $21 million in the process.

Colorado Springs, Colo., surgeon Tiffany Willard, MD, was ordered to pay nearly $1 million to a former patient, ABC affiliate KRDO reported Dec. 12.

From Dignity Health and two Tenet affiliates agreeing to a $22.5 million settlement, to a Florida physician getting more than three years in prison for his role in a $4.5 million scheme, here are 11 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported …