The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 65-year prison term on a former nurse’s aide who pleaded guilty to stealing valuables from dozens nursing homes, The Columbus Dispatch reported Oct. 25.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
Feds float No Surprises Act changes
Federal officials issued proposed changes to the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process in an Oct. 27 news release. They said those changes, if finalized, will improve communication between payers providers and certified IDR entities…
UMass Memorial sues Steward hospital over nonpayment
UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMass Memorial Medical Group have filed a lawsuit against Boston-based St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center for alleged nonpayment of oncology services, the Worcester Business Journal reported Oct. 27.
Murder suspect who escaped DC hospital caught after 7 weeks
A murder suspect who escaped Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University Hospital is back in custody after a seven-week search, The Washington Post reported Oct. 26.
California system 'considering all options' after losing $9.5M termination case
Community Hospital for the Monterey Peninsula and its parent company, Montage Health, may file for a new trial after losing a $9.475 million wrongful termination case, Monterey County Weekly reported Oct. 26.
Wife of Florida health system CEO arrested, charged with nurse battery
A woman was arrested after police said she kicked two nurses at a hospital within Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System, of which her husband serves as CEO.
Houston pharmacist, clinic owner sentenced in $6M pill mill scheme
Sokari Bobmanuel, the former pharmacist-in-chief of Cornerstone Rx Pharmacy in Houston, and co-conspirator Alantha Stewart, the co-owner of Sunnyside Medical clinic were sentenced to a combined 24 years in prison for their roles in running a pill mill …
Former Trinity account manager sentenced after embezzling $2M
Cindy Norgen, 61, a former account manager at Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, was given a minimum sentence of four years and two months in prison for embezzling more than $2 million from the health system, MLive reported Oct. 25.
10 indicted in $20M black-market HIV medication fraud scheme
Ten people have been indicted in an alleged scheme that defrauded Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance companies out of at least $20 million by trafficking black-market HIV medication.
Hospitals pushing back on price transparency fines
Half of the hospitals that have been fined by CMS for alleged price transparency violations have appealed their penalties.
