Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

Law enforcement is investigating threats against at least one nurse at Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, according to The Lund Report.

Johnson & Johnson has tentatively agreed to settle a sweeping probe over its marketing of talcum-based baby powder for about $700 million, a company executive told The Wall Street Journal.

Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health filed a more than $7 million lawsuit against its own oncology provider group, ABC affiliate WSET reported Jan. 23.

A former lead emergency room nurse at Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center filed a whistleblower lawsuit Jan. 8, accusing the hospital of firing him after repeatedly raising concerns about workplace safety. 

The former president and CEO of Whittier, Calif-based Santa Maria’s Children and Family Center was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for submitting fraudulent claims to the state’s Medicaid program.

Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System has placed an employee on unpaid administrative leave and launched an internal investigation after learning of allegations against the employee from the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.

An attorney who worked as a vice president and COO of an Illinois hospital pleaded guilty Jan. 22 to a federal fraud charge. 

Even 28 years after President Bill Clinton signed HIPAA into law, many of its rules have remained difficult for HIPAA-regulated entities, according to a Jan. 22 HIPAA Journal report.

The Florida Senate approved an $800 million legislative package meant to strengthen the state’s healthcare workforce and advance access to care.

A trial has begun in a class-action lawsuit against Seattle Children’s hospital from families who claim mold in the hospital made 14 young people sick and resulted in the death of seven patients, KING5 reported Jan. 22.