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.
Category: Legal & Regulatory Issues
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…
100+ patients sue former Brigham and Women's physician accused of sexual assault
More than 100 plaintiffs have joined four separate lawsuits against Derrick Todd, MD, a former rheumatologist at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital accused of performing inappropriate pelvic and breast exams on patients, The Boston Globe reporte…
Women charged with running fraudulent post-op recovery facility
A Florida woman was charged with operating an assisted living facility without a license and organized scheme to defraud after she was allegedly found running a postoperative care company and using the license of a California nurse, ABC affiliate WPLG …
Mayo, Lifepoint sue Bristol Myers Squibb over cancer drug cost
Mayo Clinic and Lifepoint Health are suing Bristol Myers Squibb and its subsidiary, Celgene, alleging the companies inflated the price of the cancer drug Revlimid by paying other drugmakers to keep their generic versions off the market, theSan Francisc…
Catholic Health prevails in Medicare fraud case
Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health of Long Island will not have to defend allegations it fraudulently diverted a nursing home’s service payments to another facility while certifying compliance, according to an Oct. 16 Bloomberg report.
