A group of House lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed at strengthening the enforcement of the No Surprises Act.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
USPI, surgical hospital to pay $12.8M to settle false claim allegations
Dakota Dunes, S.D.-based Dunes Surgical Hospital, United Surgical Partners International and USP Siouxland agreed to pay $12.76 million to resolve allegations that the surgical center violated the False Claims Act through improper relationships with tw…
EEOC sues Georgia system for allegedly failing to accommodate allergy
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has accused Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta of violating federal law by rescinding a job offer after an applicant requested a disability-related accommodation.
11 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From 80 hospitals suing HHS over disproportionate share hospital payments to Piedmont Healthcare defeating a data-sharing lawsuit, here are 11 lawsuits, settlements and legal developments that Becker’s has reported since Sept. 4:
Organ collection group under scrutiny for inappropriate organ-retrieval tactics
Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates is under investigation after allegations that it tried to pressure its personnel to retrieve organs from a hospital patient who was awake and later left the facility alive, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 11.
Johns Hopkins hit with federal complaint over disabled patient accommodations
The Justice Department on Sept. 12 filed a complaint alleging Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System denied patients with disabilities the ability to be accompanied by a family member, personal aide or other support person when receiving care.
80 hospitals sue HHS over Medicare Advantage Days payment rule
Eighty hospitals are seeking to have the Part C (Medicare Advantage) Days Final rule vacated, alleging that HHS unlawfully reduced disproportionate hospital share payments by an estimated $3 billion to $4 billion over a nine-year period.
UNC seeks Supreme Court ruling on $252M hospital dispute
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health and the state department of health have asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to hear a yearslong case involving UNC’s plan to build a 40-bed hospital in the Durham, N.C., portion of Research Triangle Park, according…
Researcher awarded $3.8M in discrimination suit against U of Alabama at Birmingham
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.
Steward CEO skips subpoena hearing
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.
