New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is weighing a bill that seeks to prohibit noncompete agreements, which would make New York the fifth state with such a ban if enacted.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Michigan hospital can refuse student's service dog, court rules
A court has ruled in favor of a Michigan hospital that denied a nursing student’s request to bring her service dog on rotations, according to a Dec. 5 JD Supra report written by Seyfarth Shaw law firm.
Florida pharmacy technician and clinic owner sentenced for clinical trial fraud
The owner of Miami-based AMB Research Center, a clinic that conducted clinical trials for new drugs, and a pharmacy technician also employed by it, have both been convicted and sentenced to a combined 117 months — nearly 10 years — in prison, according…
Transplant recipients push back on CMS testing rule changes
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.
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.
