Retail pharmacies are accusing Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics of monopolizing the pharmacy benefit manager market and conspiring to extort pharmacies, according to court documents.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
California hospital execs lost jobs over patient safety concerns, lawsuits allege
St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., faces lawsuits filed by former executives alleging the hospital forced them out after they raised patient safety concerns, the Long Beach Business Journal reported Oct. 23.
Physician seeks plea deal in opioid scheme to drop patient death charges
A New York physician pleaded guilty to counts of unlawful distribution of opioids and healthcare fraud, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported Oct. 23.
11 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From the Washington Hospital Association suing the state over a charity care law, to Mayo Clinic and Lifepoint Health suing Bristol Myers Squibb for allegedly inflating the price of a cancer drug, here are 11 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker’s …
Prospect Medical Holdings seeks grace period to sell Crozer Health
Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings has reached a deal with two Pennsylvania stakeholders to halt active litigation and activate a 270-day window to sell its struggling Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health.
Former medical director sues Seattle Children's over racial discrimination
A former medical director of one of Seattle Children’s clinics is suing the hospital alleging racial discrimination, The Seattle Times reported Oct. 18.
Shuttered North Carolina hospital failed to submit compliance reports for 5 years
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health acknowledged that it failed to provide compliance reports to the state of North Carolina for shuttered Martin General Hospital for five years, local news outlet WITN reported Oct. 18.
Ex-hospital workers admit to stealing $175K worth of medical supplies
Two former employees of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis admitted to stealing more than $175,000 worth of supplies from the hospital, according to Fox News affiliate WHBQ-TV.
Testimony begins in shuttered nursing school $10M lawsuit case
The president and co-owner of a Connecticut nursing program that was shut down in February testified Oct. 16 in a class-action lawsuit filed by eight former Stone Academy students.
Washington hospitals sue state over charity care law
The Washington Hospital Association filed a lawsuit Oct. 16 against the state over the state’s health department’s change in interpretation of a long-standing charity care law. According to the lawsuit, hospitals statewide are required to provide chari…
