A data entry specialist for Derby, Conn.-based Griffin Health waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty Aug. 12 to creating fake COVID-19 vaccination records, the Justice Department said.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Former workers at closed Arizona hospital sue, allege they’re due unpaid wages
Laid-off employees at the now-closed Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital in Green Valley, Ariz., have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were not paid for accrued time off upon termination, the Green Valley News reported Aug. 13.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital sued over data sharing
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Meta, Facebook and Instagram were named in a lawsuit filed Aug. 10 accusing the hospital of sharing sensitive patient health data with the social media companies.
New York surgeon’s No Surprises Act lawsuit tossed
A federal judge dismissed a Rockville Centre, N.Y., physician’s No Surprises Act lawsuit, Newsday reported Aug. 11.
7 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From nurses suing AdventHealth over an active shooter drill to a news organization suing eight Indiana hospitals, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Lawyers want to combine class-action lawsuits against HCA
Two separate lawsuits, one filed by the city of Brevard, N.C., and a second filed jointly by Buncombe County and the city of Asheville, N.C., could merge into a single large antitrust, class-action lawsuit against Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare …
Georgia nurse practitioner sentenced to prison for role in telemedicine fraud scheme
A Georgia nurse practitioner has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $1.6 million in restitution for her role in an orthopedic telemedicine fraud scheme, the Justice Department said Aug. 9.
News organization sues 8 Indiana hospitals for withholding public spending data
IndyStar sued eight Indiana hospitals for allegedly violating state records laws by withholding information on how they are spending public funding they’ve received for their nursing homes, IndyStar reported Aug. 10.
Tenet, Steward feud after $1.1B deal
Tenet Healthcare and Steward Health Care System are battling in Delaware Chancery Court over whether Tenet can end information technology and data services to hospitals it sold to Steward last year, according to Law360.
Fired nurse settles lawsuit with California hospital over bachelor’s degree requirement
Huntington Memorial Hospital (now known as Huntington Health) in Pasadena, Calif., has settled allegations that it brought up the education of and then wrongfully fired a registered nurse who complained about discrimination and retaliation, a…
