The Supreme Court sided with upheld the HHS approach to calculating certain Medicare payments to hospitals that serve a large number of low-income patients, CNN reported June 24.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
UPMC settles data breach lawsuit for $450K
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center agreed to a $450,000 settlement to resolve allegations relating to a 2020 data breach that compromised the protected health information of about 36,000 patients, The National Law Review reported June 16.
27 former employees sue Mayo Clinic over vaccination policy
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic faces lawsuits from 27 former employees alleging they were wrongly fired after being denied religious exemptions from the health system’s program requiring COVID-19 vaccination, the Star Tribune reported June 23.
8 recent healthcare industry lawsuits
From the U.S. Supreme Court overturning a payment cut to hospitals to former hospital employees losing an appeal in a vaccination mandate case, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits making headlines.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals files patent infringement suit over Pzifer’s Paxlovid
Biotechnology company Enanta Pharmaceuticals slapped Pfizer with a patent infringement lawsuit and is seeking compensation for the vaccine-maker’s antiviral treatment, Paxlovid.
Supreme Court to clarify Justice Department’s power to end whistleblower suits
The U.S. Supreme Court said on June 21 it will review whether a False Claims Act whistleblower’s suit alleging that Executive Health Resources defrauded Medicare by falsely designating patient admissions should have proceeded despite the Justice Depart…
New law lets South Carolina providers deny care that conflicts with personal beliefs
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act into law June 17, allowing healthcare institutions, medical practitioners and health insurers to deny non-emergent care that conflicts with their “religious, moral or et…
Facebook sued after claims of patient data being secretly sent to its platform
Facebook is facing a lawsuit alleging the company is receiving private medical data when patients access hospital websites for healthcare providers, Bloomberg reported June 17.
Marketing firm owner sentenced for scamming Mercyhealth in $3M kickback scheme
An Illinois marketing firm owner was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for his role in a $3.1 million kickback scheme involving Janesville, Wis.-based Mercyhealth.
Former Tennessee health system director sentenced to prison for fraud
The former director of risk management at West Tennessee Healthcare has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for wire fraud.
