Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

The Washington State Senate has passed Senate Bill 5241, known as the Keep Our Care Act, which would add care access rules for hospital mergers. 

From an orthopedic practice suing to keep to Wisconsin hospitals opened past their planned closure date to a judge upholding $183M malpractice verdict against Penn Medicine, here are 12 lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker’s has reported…

A former California hospital CEO has pleaded no contest to charges related to his time at Healthcare Conglomerate Associates, a hospital management firm based in Tulare, Calif.

A 53-year-old man has been charged in connection with the stabbing of an employee at Sutter Health’s Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, Calif., San Mateo County prosecutors said in a Feb. 9 media statement shared with Becker’s.

An alleged fraud scheme uncovered by the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations could be costing Medicare $2 billion, The Washington Post reported Feb. 9. 

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has secured preliminary approval from District Judge Sean Cox of Eastern District of Michigan to contribute $5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by employees who alleged their retirement plans were too costly comp…

A lawsuit filed in Florida accuses Intuitive Surgical, a medical device company, of knowingly selling a surgical robot with known insulation issues that burned a woman’s small intestine during an operation, NBC News reported. 

A Wisconsin orthopedic practice is suing to keep two Hospital Sisters Health System-owned hospitals open at least three months past their planned closure date. 

Becker’s has reported on four health systems that have agreed to settle improper billing allegations since Jan. 5: 

A King County jury has ruled that Seattle Children’s is responsible for exposing two babies and an 11-year-old to mold at the hospital and must pay $215,000 to the families of the children.