Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block John Muir Health’s proposed $142.5 million acquisition of San Ramon (Calif.) Regional Medical Center from majority owner Tenet Healthcare, arguing that the deal will drive up healthcare costs.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has agreed a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve an alleged violation of the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act when it rejected a worker’s valid work authorizat…

President Joe Biden has signed a stopgap funding bill that will delay a potential government shutdown until early 2024, NPR reported Nov. 17. 

Rite Aid has countersued the Justice Department in a pursuit to halt the government’s lawsuit, filed in March, that claims the drugstore chain knowingly filled hundreds of thousands of illegal opioid prescriptions.

A board of trustees member has filed a lawsuit against Perry County Health System in Missouri asking a judge to require the system to release documents through the state’s open records act, The Southeast Missourian reported Nov. 16. 

The man accused of killing a 29-year-old nurse at a behavioral health facility in Kaneohe, Hawaii, was indicted by a grand jury Nov. 15. The defendant is being held without bail, according to court records. 

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., intends to submit post-trial motions challenging the $261 million judgment imposed by a Florida jury for a lawsuit made famous by a Netflix documentary.

Two former NBA players were convicted for their roles in a scheme to defraud the league’s healthcare plan out of $5 million, Bloomberg reported Nov. 15. 

The Indiana Legislature could tackle prior authorizations in its next session, the Indiana Capital Chronicle reported Nov. 14. 

San Francisco-based Dignity Health is suing several patients in California for trespassing after they allegedly refused to be discharged, KFF Health News reported Nov. 15.