A newly proposed bill in Minnesota is hoping to decrease the impact of hospital cuts and closures for patients and employees.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Telemedicine owner to plead guilty in $110M equipment scheme
The owner of two telemedicine companies has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with a $110 million scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment.
3 nurse degree scheme updates
Fallout from Operation Nightingale — a coordinated scheme to sell more than 7,600 fake diplomas and transcripts to aspiring nurses — continues to unfold more than a year after 25 people were charged for their roles in running the scheme.
Proposed bill could require the U of California to build medical school
If passed, a new bill dubbed the “Grown Our Own” bill would require the University of California to construct a medical school in Kern County should “certain funding thresholds” be met.
Lawmakers eye new designation for safety net hospitals
Two House lawmakers have introduced a bill that would establish an “essential health system” designation that would create more opportunities for safety net hospitals to receive federal funding.
Transgender patient sues Colorado hospital for $1.5M over canceled surgery
Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora ceased performing certain gender-affirming surgeries for patients 18 and older in July. Now, seven months later, a patient is suing the hospital over their canceled surgery, The Colorado Sun reported Feb. 14.
NYC Health + Hospitals sues social media giants over mental health crisis
NYC Health + Hospitals is one of three plaintiffs in a lawsuit against TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, alleging they have created a youth mental health crisis and seeking to recover related public health costs.
Quest Diagnostics settles allegations of improper disposal of medical waste, patient info
Quest Diagnostics has reached a settlement after several California district attorneys filed a complaint against the diagnostics company for improper disposal of hazardous and medical waste and not properly protecting health information at its faciliti…
Congressman optimistic Medicare reimbursement cuts will be reversed
Indiana Rep. Larry Bucshon, MD, told the American Hospital Association that Medicare reimbursement cuts could be at least partially reversed in Congress’ next spending package, Roll Call reported Feb. 13.
Feds target former CFO in alleged cardiac kickback scheme
The Department of Justice has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Rick Nassenstein, former CFO, president and co-owner of Cardiac Imaging, which provides mobile cardiac positron emission tomography scans.
