New rules from CMS are affecting access to molecular diagnostic testing — a blood test a patient who has received an organ transplant can use at home to track how their body is adjusting to the new organ.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Utah nurse charged with injuring infant patient
A nurse at Provo-based Utah Valley Hospital has been arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse after an infant was found with bruises, KSL reported Dec. 5.
10 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From a California hospital filing an antitrust lawsuit against Optum to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital seeking a retrial in a case made famous by a Netflix documentary, here are 10 hospital lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker’s h…
Texas hospital executive, physicians agree to pay $880K to settle kickback allegations
A former executive of Little River Healthcare — a critical access hospital in Rockdale, Texas, — and three physicians have agreed to pay $880,199 between them to resolve False Claims Act allegations, including alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback St…
Senators call out US Anesthesia Partners for alleged role in anticompetitive scheme
Two U.S. senators say it’s time for U.S. Anesthesia Partners and its parent company, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a private equity firm, to pay the piper following the Federal Trade Commission’s anticompetitive scheme lawsuit in late September.
Ex-hospital CFO pays $150K, writes apology letter as part of plea agreement to avoid jail time
A superior court judge ordered Alan Germany, former CFO of Health Care Conglomerate Associates, to write an apology letter and pay $150,000 in restitution as part of a plea agreement in relation to charges that included embezzlement, conflict of intere…
Picking up on ACA challenges, Biden preps healthcare measures
President Joe Biden is preparing a package of second-term healthcare measures after contenders for the Republican presidential nomination suggested they plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.
DeSantis suggests plan to 'supersede' Affordable Care Act
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he aims to “replace and supersede” the Affordable Care Act if successful in the 2024 presidential election, making him one more candidate returning focus to the healthcare law after its spell of quiet in politics.
Security guard accused of necrophilia in Banner hospital morgue
A former security guard at Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix was arrested Nov. 28 after he was accused of committing sexual acts on the body of a deceased 79-year-old woman in the hospital’s morgue.
Hospitals can store fingerprint data for medication security, Illinois Supreme Court rules
In a victory for hospitals and medical equipment manufacturer Becton Dickinson, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Nov. 30 that these entities cannot be sued for privacy violations over requiring nurses to scan their fingerprints when accessing medicine …
