Houston-based Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine and Surgical Associates of Texas have jointly agreed to pay $15 million to resolve claims they billed for concurrent heart surgeries that violated CMS teaching physician and inf…
Massachusetts lawmakers are taking aim at real estate investment trusts amid Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s ongoing financial troubles.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a lawsuit June 24 against pharmacy benefit managers Optum Rx and Express Scripts for their alleged role in enabling the opioid epidemic in the state.
A Maine physician was found guilty on 15 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances.
The Supreme Court has agreed to assess the constitutionality of Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for people younger than 18, The Washington Post reported June 24.
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health beat a whistleblower’s lawsuit alleging that the health system owed $519 million for double-billing expensive operating room services without documentation, Law360 reported June 20.
The CEO of medical device company Stimwave on June 17 was sentenced to six years in prison for helping create and sell fake components for chronic pain devices implanted in patients.
The Justice Department unsealed documents related to Eithan Haim, MD, who is accused of violating HIPAA by leaking internal documents from Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital concerning gender-affirming services.
Pharmacies with 25 or fewer full-time employees now have until late 2026 to fulfill requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, according to the FDA.
From the Supreme Court ruling in favor to the FDA to a judge ordering Prospect Medical to pay more than $17 million within 10 days, here are 10 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker’s has reported since June 10:
