Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

Healthcare providers challenge Florida abortion ban

A group of healthcare providers in Florida filed a lawsuit June 1 to block the state’s new abortion ban, according to The Hill. 

Philadelphia hospital faces lawsuit after nursing assistant fatally shot by coworker

The family of a nursing assistant killed by a co-worker in October at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital has filed a lawsuit against the hospital alleging wrongful death and negligence. 

Lawsuits still piling up over hospital vaccine mandates

As more hospitals and health systems mandated COVID-19 vaccination for their employees, lawsuits arose related to the policies.

Father, son sentenced for 8-year scheme to defraud Kaiser Permanente of $1.5M

A father and son formerly employed by Kaiser Permanente were sentenced May 27 for a scheme they operated from 2010 to 2018 to defraud the health system, resulting in the loss of $1.5 million.

Albany Medical Center fired worker over activism, lawsuit alleges

Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center is accused of violating state law by firing a new employee, along with two executives who helped hire her, over concerns about her political views and activism work, according to the Times Union.

9 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements

From a health system facing an antitrust lawsuit to a Georgia hospital accused of disability discrimination, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

Judge dismisses UPMC lawsuit over pension fund

A lawsuit filed by UPMC McKeesport (Pa.), part of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, over union claims that the hospital owes about $300,000 in pension contributions has been dismissed, according to a May 26 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

HHS withdraws unpopular regulatory review rule

HHS has formally withdrawn a rule that would have required the department to widely review its regulations and potentially void a number of them.

Georgia hospital accused of disability discrimination

The Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission filed a lawsuit accusing Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital of failing to accommodate the disability of an employee and then firing her because of her disability.

Oklahoma enacts nation’s strictest abortion ban

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law May 25 that prohibits most abortions starting at fertilization, making it the most restrictive abortion ban in the U.S., according to The New York Times.