California clinicians who provide abortion, contraception or gender-affirming care services to out-of-state patients will be offered legal protections under a new law that takes effect in 2024.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Michigan woman who posed as nurse indicted on 4 counts
A grand jury indicted a Michigan woman accused of posing as a registered nurse for the third time, The Detroit News reported Sept. 27.
10 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From the Indiana attorney general accusing IU Health of failing to protect personal health information after physician spoke to the media about a 10-year-old patient’s abortion, to fired MetroHealth CEO Akram Boutros, MD, seeking to have his successor …
2 pharmacists, physician charged in $170M fraud scheme
A physician and two pharmacists in Texas were charged in connection to a six-year, $170 million healthcare fraud case, the Justice Department said Sept. 26.
Feds secure $372M from lab testing scheme that targeted Medicare
The Justice Department has obtained $372 million in judgments against Kentucky businessman Rajen Shah and his companies for a laboratory testing scheme that targeted Medicare.
FTC accuses Amazon of 'monopolistic practices' in lawsuit
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Amazon alleging that the online commerce giant engages in unfair monopolistic practices.
Kentucky physician, nurse convicted in drug scheme
A Kentucky physician and nurse were convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to illicitly prescribe controlled substances and other related offenses to distributing controlled substances.
How 3 FTC moves could hurt hospitals, health systems
The Federal Trade Commission recently withdrew two antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in healthcare markets and proposed changes to premerger notifications and noncompete agreements, which could all have a significant effect on hospital…
Missouri AG sues healthcare provider over gender-affirming care
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is accusing a St. Louis-based healthcare provider of violating state consumer protection law by giving puberty blockers to minors without a comprehensive mental health assessment.
Fired MetroHealth CEO wants successor to testify in defamation case
Akram Boutros, MD, former CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth, is seeking a court order to have his successor sit for a disposition, according to Cuyahoga County Court records.
