Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

Medisca, an ingredient supplier to compounding pharmacies, will pay $21.75 million to resolve allegations of false and inflated prices, according to the Justice Department. 

Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy has raised concerns with Vernon, Conn.-based Rockville General Hospital’s service cuts that “may be in violation” of state law, according to an Oct. 17 letter.

Beginning Nov. 1, CMS will require hospitals to report admission information related to respiratory illnesses, including capacity, to the CDC. The new rule reinstates some pandemic-era requirements that have been voluntary since May 1. 

A second physician in Texas is facing a lawsuit from Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly violating state law by prescribing puberty blockers and hormone therapy drugs to minors. 

A bipartisan bill has been introduced that would stop Medicare payment cuts that are scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry has sued Prospect Medical Holdings for years of “mismanagement and neglect” of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health, which has disrupted healthcare services and resulted in various facility closures, according to…

Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported since Oct. 10:

The American Medical Association and the Illinois State Medical Society have filed a lawsuit against MultiPlan alleging the data analytics firm is colluding with with commercial payers in a price-fixing scheme that has “undercut fair payment for out-of…

St. John’s Health in Jackson, Wyo., is denying allegations of negligence in a patient’s death, arguing the case should not be filed under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act but as a state malpractice suit, WyoFile reported Oct. 21.

Five former employees at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the health system Oct. 21 regarding its retirement plan.