Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues

Indiana system earmarks $75M for potential settlement with former CFO

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network has set aside $75 million for a potential settlement agreement with the Justice Department and a former CFO who filed a whistleblower suit against the system almost 10 years ago, Inside Indiana Business repor…

Pennsylvania nurse charged with 17 more attempted patient murders

A former Pennsylvania nurse who was accused of murdering three patients has been charged with attempting to kill 17 additional patients at five nursing home facilities starting in 2020.

Former employees testify against shuttered Connecticut nursing school

For the first time since its doors closed in February, former employees of a shuttered, for-profit Connecticut nursing school testified against its owner, Joseph Bierbaum during a Nov. 1 prejudgment remedy hearing, ABC affiliate WTNH reported.

New Hampshire hospital sues CMS, HHS over alleged $8M Medicaid overpayment

Concord (N.H.) Hospital is suing a number of medical authorities, including CMS, regarding $8 million in alleged overpayment of Medicaid uncompensated care funds, according to a Nov. 2 NH Business Review report.

Montana hospital accused of 'systematic neglect' after 2 patient deaths

Warm Springs-based Montana State Hospital is being sued over alleged neglect that contributed to the deaths of two patients, Montana Free Press reported Nov. 1.

Visiting nurse found dead in patient's home

A Connecticut home visit nurse was killed Oct. 28 in the home of a patient she was caring for and later discovered in the basement, the CT Mirror reported Nov. 1.

Patient sues Oregon system over prescription delay, negligence

A woman is suing Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System after a medication delay that allegedly caused her to experience a stroke in late 2021, according to court documents obtained by the Bend Bulletin. 

Shuttered California hospital had history of patient safety issues

Madera (Calif.) Community Hospital was fined and reprimanded for numerous state and federal health and safety violations before its closure in December 2022. Between 2016 and 2022, the hospital was hit with at least six immediate jeopardy warnings from…

HCA violated terms of Mission purchase agreement, North Carolina AG alleges

The North Carolina attorney general’s office could sue HCA Healthcare for an alleged violation of the 2019 asset purchase agreement to acquire Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, according to a formal notice of breach sent Oct. 31 to Dogwood Health T…

CUNY halts professor's Alzheimer's drug research amid investigation

After suspecting manipulated results in clinical trials for simufilam, an Alzheimer’s drug, by Hoau-Yan Wang, PhD, a neuroscience professor at the City College of New York, the City University of New York announced Oct. 27 it is conducting an investiga…