A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by healthcare workers who challenged Maine’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate based on their religious objections, NBC affiliate WCSH reported Aug. 18.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
California health plan, providers to pay $70.7M to settle billing fraud claims
A California health plan and three providers have agreed to pay $70.7 million to settle claims they violated federal and state false claim act laws by submitting improper claims to the state’s Medicaid program.
DOJ vows to ‘pursue all leads’ in threats against Boston Children’s
The Justice Department is speaking out after Boston Children’s Hospital said it has been the target of a harassment campaign based on misinformation about its pediatric and adolescent transgender health program.
Mother, daughter face prison after late-term abortion pill use
A Nebraska mother and her daughter face up to two years of prison time after the then-17-year-old took abortion pills in her third trimester and buried the fetal remains, The New York Times reported Aug. 18.
6 recent hospital lawsuits
From a health system accused of wage theft to a hospital sued over data sharing, here are the latest hospital lawsuits making headlines.
Workload expectations at core of nurses’ lawsuit against University of Michigan
Members of the Michigan Nurses Association are accusing the University of Michigan of unlawfully refusing to negotiate over nurses’ workloads in its bargaining with the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council.
4 latest nurse lawsuits
Here are four recent lawsuits filed by nurses that Becker’s has covered since Aug. 2:
Union accuses Providence of wage theft
Members of the Oregon Nurses Association have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging wage theft by Renton, Wash.-based Providence.
Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases
From a Florida man being charged with allegedly using a Pennsylvania hospital in a $25 million Medicare scam, to the indictment of a New York physician in an alleged kickback scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that have made headlines s…
Justice Department to retry Florida nursing home owner on fraud charges
The Justice Department is set to retry Philip Esformes, a Florida nursing home owner who had his 20-year prison sentence commuted by former President Donald Trump in September 2019, on six healthcare fraud criminal charges, CNBC reported Aug. 12.
