The former CEO of a Texas hospital has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for his role in conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
False Claim Act recoveries hit $2.9B in 2024
Whisteblowers filed a record 979 qui tam lawsuits in 2024, according to a Jan. 15 Justice Department report.
St. Luke's sues Idaho attorney general
Idaho’s abortion law conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, according to a lawsuit filed Jan. 14 by St. Luke’s Health System.
Maine health system sues HHS over withheld Medicare payments
Lewiston, Maine-based St. Mary’s Health System is suing HHS for allegedly unlawfully withholding Medicare payments from the cash-strapped system, Maine Public Radio reported Jan. 14.
HCA appeals another AdventHealth CON: 7 things to know
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, part of HCA Healthcare, has filed an appeal challenging the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ decision to grant a certificate of need to AdventHealth for 26 additional acute care beds in Bunco…
Chamber of Commerce sues FTC over 'unlawful' premerger changes: 6 things to know
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission on Jan. 13, arguing its changes to premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act are “unnecessary and unlawful.” The FTC finalized changes to premerger notifications in Octob…
Indiana senator reverses COPA stance amid HCA, Union Health talks: 6 things to know
Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Ind., has introduced a bill to repeal the state’s certificate of public advantage law, which allows hospital mergers that the Federal Trade Commission generally deems anticompetitive.
11 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements
From UnitedHealth asking a judge to dismiss a challenge to its acquisition of Amedisys, to physicians suing a California hospital over a new staffing group contract, here are 11 healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal developments that Beck…
Trinity, Hartford HealthCare settle antitrust suit: 5 things to know
Hartford HealthCare and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, both based in Hartford, Conn., have reached a settlement in a lawsuit that alleged Hartford HealthCare engaged in anticompetitive behavior, according to court documents filed Jan. 2.
Virginia hospital indicted for fraud tied to unnecessary surgeries
Chesapeake Regional Medical Center in Norfolk, Va., is facing federal criminal charges related to unnecessary surgeries performed by a physician who was convicted of 52 federal counts in 2020.
