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.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
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.
HCA files response to North Carolina's lawsuit
HCA Healthcare has filed a motion with the North Carolina Business Court, asking it to dismiss claims from the North Carolina attorney general that the for-profit hospital operator violated its 2019 asset purchase agreement for Asheville, N.C.-based Mi…
Crozer Health withdraws residency accreditation lawsuit
Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, which owns Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health, has withdrawn its lawsuit against the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education after the organization removed Crozer-Chester Medical Center’s surgical …
2 years, $2B in allegedly fraudulent catheter orders
CMS and the FBI are investigating an alleged catheter fraud scheme that is estimated to have cost Medicare about $2 billion in two years, The Washington Post reported Feb. 9.
Pennsylvania physician sentenced in patient death
A Pennsylvania physician was sentenced to 22 years in prison for overprescribing controlled substances that resulted in the death of a patient.
