Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

Four former employees of Mount Sinai Hospital’s Icahn School of Medicine in New York City filed a lawsuit against the school and four additional defendants Oct. 24, alleging sexist behavior by the school’s leadership. 

Two patients at the Phoenix-based Arizona State Hospital were arrested after barricading themselves and three employees in their treatment unit on Oct. 31, AZCentral reported.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is investigating a Joplin hospital after a woman was denied an emergency abortion at the facility, department spokesperson Lisa Cox confirmed to Becker’s Nov. 1. 

OakBend Medical Center is facing a class action lawsuit over a September ransomware attack and data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 1 million patients. 

From a former Tenet executive asking a judge to throw out a $400 million fraud case, to a Texas physician pleading guilty for his role in a $54 million scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported since Oct. 17. 

Two former cleaning staff members at the New York City-based Montefiore Health System are filing a lawsuit against the health system and the staffing agency who hired them, according to an Oct. 27 report from the Gothamist. 

John Holland, a former executive at Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, has asked a Georgia judge to throw out a case brought against him in 2017, according to an Oct. 27 report from Law360. 

Houston-based Memorial Hermann is facing an investigation from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over a policy that allegedly prevents parents from accessing their children’s medical records once they become teenagers.

HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in Miami, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, is facing a lawsuit over a photo that was posted on social media showing an injury of a patient, the Miami New Times reported Oct. 27.

A former employee of Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, N.J., has filed a lawsuit against the facility and its CEO, alleging she was fired for breaking off her relationship with him, The Jersey Journal reported Oct. 25.