Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, has been charged with sexually abusing three patients at New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital and raping three other patients in his home.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
NP pleads guilty for role in illegal opioid distribution
A nurse practitioner in Fort Ann, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to distributing controlled substances outside of professional practice, according to an Aug. 11 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
Vanderbilt faces civil rights probe
After sharing patients’ medical information with the state attorney general amid a probe into transgender care practices, Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center is now facing a civil rights investigation, the Los Angeles Times repo…
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Purdue Pharma's $6B opioid settlement
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a national settlement with Purdue Pharma on Aug. 11 that would have shielded Sackler family owners from additional civil suits over the opioid epidemic and limited personal liability to $6 billion, The New York Tim…
Healthcare billing fraud: 12 recent cases
From 12 people sentenced for defrauding Blue Cross Blue Shield to a federally qualified health center settling improper billing allegations, here are 12 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s reported since July 27:
'Like a mafia enforcer for insurers:' AdventHealth sues MultiPlan for alleged price fixing
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is suing MultiPlan for an alleged ongoing conspiracy among commercial health insurers to reduce the reimbursement rates they pay to providers for out-of-network services.
Federally qualified health center settles improper billing allegations
Bridgeport, Conn.-based federally qualified health center Optimus Health agreed to pay more than $470,000 to settle false claim improper billing allegations.
Lawmakers push IRS to probe nonprofit hospitals
Four senators sent a letter to the IRS and the Treasury inspector general for tax administration asking them to probe nonprofit hospitals’ potential abuse of their tax-exempt status.
Physician at Arkansas hospital faces 31 patient lawsuits
The number of lawsuits filed against former psychiatrist Brian Hyatt, MD, has grown to 31, 5 News Online reported Aug. 8.
Nurse sues hospital after equipment explosion leads to injury
A certified registered nurse anesthetist filed a lawsuit against Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare seeking lost wages and $15,000 in damages after a surgical machine allegedly exploded and injured him.
