A furloughed prisoner escaped custody Dec. 9 while receiving medical treatment at Erie, Pa.-based UPMC Hamot, according to local reports. Now, police are investigating whether he stole a hospital employee’s car to skip town.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Biotech CEO pleads guilty to fraud scheme
Keith Berman, former CEO and director of Decision Diagnostics Corp., pleaded guilty to securities fraud, wire fraud and obstruction of an official proceeding.
Man sentenced to 20 years for fatal VCU hospital shooting
A former VCU Health employee found guilty of second-degree murder after shooting his coworker in a hospital stairwell has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
New York health system hit with record $120M malpractice verdict
Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network has been ordered by a jury to pay $120 million to a patient and his family following delayed stroke care that resulted in brain damage.
Ex-ICU nurse sentenced to 20 years in prison for assaulting patients
A former Colorado ICU nurse found guilty of filming himself sexually assaulting more than a dozen unconscious patients will spend 20 years in prison, Local12 reported Dec. 10.
Supreme Court tosses federal vaccine mandate rulings
The Supreme Court on Dec. 11 threw out three cases challenging the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal employees and military members, preventing lower court rulings from establishing a precedent for future mandates, The Hill&nbs…
Nurse degree scheme trial begins
The former owner of the now-shuttered Palm Beach School of Nursing in Florida will be the prosecution’s main witness in a federal trial of three defendants accused of recruiting students into a coordinated scheme to sell them fake diplomas and transcri…
Fired MetroHealth CEO drops lawsuit
Akram Boutros, MD, former CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth, filed a motion to withdraw his lawsuit against the hospital’s board due to health issues, Signal Cleveland reported Dec. 8.
Florida ERs face new regulations
Florida lawmakers are proposing a package of healthcare laws for the state’s 2024 legislative session, including measures to redirect patients from hospital emergency departments.
Oregon systems aim to revive suit over psychiatric care
Four health systems in Oregon are seeking to resurrect a lawsuit in which they contend the state’s inadequate mental healthcare system is causing them to be overburdened with psychiatric patients whom they’re ill-equipped to care for, The Lund Re…
