Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

The Drug Enforcement Agency has charged 42 people in connection with a sweeping pharmacy burglary scheme across the United States. 

Kaleida Health’s former chief of surgery has accused the Buffalo, N.Y.-based system of harassing and punishing him for reporting patient safety concerns and professional misconduct, according to court documents obtained by Becker’s. 

Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter’s Health will pay more than $10.8 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs for oncology services.

A contract nurse at a Missouri hospital filed a lawsuit against her former employer over allegations of unlawful hour cuts, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Aug. 25. 

The medical center director and chief of staff at Buffalo (N.Y.) VA Medical Center have been “immediately transferred” out of their positions as the VA awaits results from an investigation into care delays at the hospital.

The former CEO of Virginia Gay Hospital, a privately operated, nonprofit rural hospital in Vinton, Iowa, pleaded guilty Aug. 20 to one count of wire fraud for embezzling more than $3.2 million from his former California employer, according to the Justi…

An Oregon man faces multiple charges after allegedly targeting Jewish hospitals in New York with hoax bomb threats, according to the Justice Department.

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health and the Justice Department have reached an agreement to resolve allegations that the health system violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to allow a service animal into a medical office, a…

Five states have passed healthcare noncompete bans, and seven states have introduced similar bills.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling that Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems was in compliance with licensing requirements when it sold Pottstown (Pa.) Hospital to Tower Health.