HHS on April 22 finalized a rule to shield patients’ reproductive healthcare data from being used in criminal investigations.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Providence must pay $200M over wage and meal break violations
Renton, Wash.-based Providence has been ordered by King County (Wash.) Judge Averil Rothrock to pay $200 million to 33,000 hourly employees after evidence revealed wage and meal break violations, The Seattle Times reported April 20.
8 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From three Pennsylvania health systems suing Aetna to the former CEO of Desert Healthcare filing a wrongful termination claim, here are eight lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker’s has reported since April 12:
Florida law allows C-sections outside of hospitals
Within a new package of Florida healthcare laws is a debated measure to allow advanced birth centers to perform cesarean deliveries, permitting the surgical procedure outside of the hospital setting.
Novant, CHS push back against FTC's 'distorted' antitrust case
Winston-Salem, N.C.,-based Novant Health has fired back against a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that aims to prevent the health system’s acquisition of two hospitals from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.
Supreme Court to hear cases on whether EMTALA preempts state abortion bans
A nearly 40-year old federal law requires Medicare hospitals to provide all patients experiencing a medical emergency a medical screening and stabilizing care. Whether that includes abortion has been at the center of several lawsuits in states with str…
Former Desert Healthcare CEO files wrongful termination claim
Conrado Bárzaga, MD, former CEO of Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Healthcare District & Foundation, has filed a claim alleging wrongful termination, the Desert Sun reported April 18.
Judge rules against Colorado health system in Defense Department reimbursement dispute
A federal judge in Colorado ruled against Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado’s challenge of a new Defense Department rule it said would cost the hospital millions of dollars, Colorado Politics reported April 18.
HHS OIG turns down 300-400 'viable' healthcare fraud cases each year
HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm said her office has a “pressing need” for more funding to combat healthcare fraud, waste and abuse.
North Carolina backs FTC bid to block Novant's $320M hospital deal
North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell has backed the Federal Trade Commission’s bid to block Novant Health’s proposed acquisition of two hospitals from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.
