Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

 A federal appeals court on Feb. 9 declined to reinstate the Biden administration’s vaccination requirement for federal employees, according to CNN.  

Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act through providing kickbacks, the Justice Department said Feb. 9. 

A 13-year Medicare payment dispute over a formula for calculating supplemental reimbursements will head back to HHS to be reevaluated, The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Feb. 8.

The University of California will pay $243.6 million to resolve claims by 203 women who alleged that they were sexually abused when treated by a former longtime University of California Los Angeles gynecologist, according to a UCLA statement shared wit…

Sixteen state attorneys general asked a federal judge Feb. 4 to block the federal vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. 

From an Ohio health system sued over a ransomware attack to a for-profit hospital operator owing fees in a $98 million fraud case, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

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

A jury found a Georgia nurse practitioner guilty of five counts of healthcare fraud, aggravated identity theft and other charges related to a multimillion dollar telemedicine scheme.

A Grand Rapids, Mich.-based federal grand jury charged a former physician of Bronson Hospital in Battle Creek, Mich., with 34 counts of healthcare fraud and eight counts of making false statements.

Service Employees International Union is taking aim at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, accusing the hospital operator of maximizing profits at the expense of patient care and obtaining more than $1 billion in fraudulent payments from Medicare.