Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

Over the last five years, Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth has sued its patients 15,710 times for money that they owe to the health system, The Colorado Sun reported Feb. 19.

Oklahoma City-based OU Health paid $140,000 to settle allegations of violating recordkeeping laws in its pharmacy department, according to the Justice Department. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is set to go before a jury in July of 2025 for a lawsuit filed by a physician who alleges the health system “silenced” him, KTTC reported Feb. 15. 

Two hospitals, five researchers and 76 research papers were called out in the last few weeks for inaccurate data and copied images — shining light on a potentially broken system of scientific research.

Three separate Utah lawsuits are seeking a combined $40 million in damages from Dallas-based Steward Health Care after investors allege the health system took funding from five of its state hospitals to pay bills it had acquired across other states, Th…

A newly proposed bill in Minnesota is hoping to decrease the impact of hospital cuts and closures for patients and employees. 

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.  

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. 

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.

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.