Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

10 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements

From HCA asking to dismiss claims from a lawsuit filed by North Carolina’s attorney general to UChicago Medicine being sued for negligence in the death of an Illinois hospital CEO, here are 10 lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker’s has r…

Providence debt collector to pay $1M to settle lawsuit

A debt collection agency hired by Renton, Wash.-based Providence has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations the company unlawfully collected medical payments from about 166,000 Washington patients without providing them with disclosures about …

UAB Health, Alabama clinics pause IVF treatments in wake of frozen embryo ruling

The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system and several clinics in Alabama paused in vitro fertilization treatments Feb. 21 after the state’s supreme court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children, according to The New York Times.

Substitute bill drops proposed Utah hospital sale

The proposed sale of Provo-based Utah State Hospital will not be going through after Utah Rep. Tyler Clancy revised his proposal that would have allowed the hospital’s sale to aid funding for new state hospitals and mental health services.

Exec convicted of insider trading over $1.6B Medtronic deal

Doron Tavlin, a former executive at Mazor Robotics, has been convicted of insider trading related to the device company’s $1.6 billion acquisition by Medtronic.

Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases

From the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations covering an alleged scheme that could be costing Medicare $2 billion to a telemedicine company owner pleading guilty to a $110 million scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases th…

UChicago sued for negligence in death of Silver Cross Hospital CEO

UChicago Medicine and one of its cardiothoracic surgeons have been named in a lawsuit over the death of Ruth Colby, the former CEO of New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital. 

Nurses accuse Ascension of wage theft

Nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), who are members of the Illinois Nurses Association, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of themselves and more than 90 of their co-workers who they say were not paid wages they earned for the extra shifts work…

Apparent murder-suicide ends in Wisconsin hospital: Police

An 85-year-old man fatally shot himself in a Wisconsin hospital’s emergency room after allegedly shooting and killing his wife at their home, according to local authorities.

Pennsylvania Munchausen-by-proxy suit emerges in wake of Johns Hopkins 'Netflix' case

Twelve families have filed a joint lawsuit against Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, alleging the health system and its affiliates falsely accused them of medical child abuse.