Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

A California appeals court ruled April 5 that a psychiatric hospital in Ventura can be held responsible for sexual abuse by an employee, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

A California-licensed homeopathic doctor pleaded guilty to wire fraud and false statement charges after selling homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets and falsifying COVID-19 vaccination cards to make it appear patients received the Moderna vaccine…

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has agreed to pay the U.S. $20 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced April 6. 

The former CEO and CFO of a Texas health system are among 18 defendants named in a false claims complaint, alleging violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, the Justice Department announced April 4. 

From a cardiologist suing an EHR vendor to an ambulance company resolving improper claims allegations, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

Hospitals can use financial reports from Equifax and other credit reporting agencies to help determine a patient’s propensity to pay medical debt under Medicare rules, a federal district court ruled March 29. 

The American Hospital Association is urging the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department to update merger guidelines in two ways. 

A lawsuit filed by two Indiana hospitals over a Medicare payment calculation was properly dismissed by an HHS appeal board, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled March 25.

The Justice Department has filed a notice that it will join a whistleblower lawsuit against EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine and its CEO and co-founder, Daniel Cane.

A jury convicted former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult, ⁠The Tennessean reports.