A federal hearing is being held in Boston on April 3 to look into for-profit companies’ roles in the U.S. healthcare system amid Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s ongoing financial troubles in states like Massachusetts.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
TikTokers stealing clinicians' identities to promote supplements
Dozens of TikTok accounts are using social media photos from real physicians, nurses and dental clinicians to promote a range of supplements and unchecked health claims — with few people policing them, Forbes reported March 4.
Judge dismisses NYU Langone's trademark lawsuit against Northwell
A federal judge on March 1 dismissed a trademark lawsuit brought by New York City-based NYU Langone Health System and NYU Langone Hospitals against New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health regarding the use of the color purple and other elements in N…
Delayed ED care led to Mercy patient's death, lawsuit claims
The family of a man who died at Mercy Hospital Springfield (Mo.) filed a lawsuit against the hospital Feb. 29, claiming delayed care and negligence contributed to his death, NBC affiliate KYTV reported.
10 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From a Wisconsin judge denying a temporary injunction to delay the close of two Hospital Sisters Health System-owned hospitals to a Waterbury Hospital alleging she was fired for her age, here are 10 lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker’s…
For $1.2M, CVS settles Ohio understaffing cases
On Feb. 29, Ohio and CVS settled 27 pending cases that alleged the pharmacy chain understaffed its stores, leading to prescription delays and dispensing errors.
Alabama law would shield physicians from prosecution over IVF procedures
Physicians in Alabama could be shielded from criminal or civil liability for performing in vitro fertilization procedures after the state’s legislature passed a bill Feb. 29, The Washington Post reported.
Surgeon arrested amid claims he threatened staff at Ascension hospital
A Michigan surgeon was arrested Feb. 27 and charged with one count of a false report or threat of terrorism, a felony punishable by up to 20 years. The charge is related to alleged threats to staff at Ascension St. Mary’s Hospital.
Owners of shuttered St. Louis nursing home fined $56K
The owners of St. Louis-based Northview Village nursing home, which closed without warning in December, have been fined $56,310, by CMS the St. Louis Dispatch reported Feb. 29.
New York system files lawsuit against state AG over hospital birthing center closure
Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners and its Troy, N.Y.-based Samaritan Hospital filed a lawsuit on Feb. 28 against New York state Attorney General Letitia James’s office seeking relief from the court regarding the office’s investigation into…
