Two nurses were assaulted in separate incidents Dec. 18 at Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I., part of Lifespan, according to the hospital and police.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
New York system board faces lawsuit over CEO's ouster
Alexander Rovt, PhD, chair of the board of trustees of One Brooklyn Health, a financially struggling health system that runs three private hospitals in New York City, and other board members face a lawsuit over a September vote to oust the organization…
Microsoft facing lawsuit over Kaiser website data
On Dec. 19, a federal judge permitted a lawsuit to proceed with four claims against Microsoft and Qualtrics related to the two companies’ acquisition of private health data from Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente patients.
California hospital ex-owners sued for alleged mismanagement
Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital’s liquidation trustee Jeremy Rosenthal has reportedly filed a lawsuit against three executives of Halsen Healthcare, the company that formerly owned the hospital, accusing them of draining its funds for personal …
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shuts down medical debt collector
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shut down Commonwealth Financial Systems for illegally trying to collect unverified medical debts after consumers disputed the validity of the debt.
The caveat in Florida's effort to beef up ER rules
Florida lawmakers have proposed measures to redirect patients from hospital emergency departments as part of a healthcare package for 2024. The state’s relationship to Medicaid is one influence on the possibility of added regulations.
Scripps medical group to pay $6.9M to settle physician age discrimination allegations
Scripps Clinical Medical Group in San Diego agreed to pay nearly $6.9 million to settle discrimination allegations over a mandatory retirement age for physicians, according to a Dec. 19 news release from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Indiana system to pay $345M in case tied to physician pay
Indianapolis-based Community Health Network has agreed to a $345 million settlement to resolve allegations that, dating back to 2008, it violated the False Claims Act and Stark law.
Rhode Island hospital resolves patient complaint in $35K settlement
Warwick, R.I.-based Kent Hospital, an affiliate of Care New England Health System, has agreed to a $35,000 settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act following a patient complaint.
John Muir, Tenet scrap hospital deal after FTC challenge
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health is calling off its plans to acquire San Ramon (Calif.) Regional Medical Center from majority owner Tenet Healthcare.
