A coalition of 19 states and Washington, D.C., have filed a lawsuit challenging a declaration from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that threatens to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide certain gender-affirming care to minors. Here are…
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Oklahoma Spine Hospital in Oklahoma City agreed to pay $1.1 million in a data breach settlement related to a 2024 incident, The HIPAA Journal reported Dec. 24. The July 2024 data breach affected almost 39,000 individuals after a potential email account breach…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Advocate Aurora Health, alleging the system unlawfully fired a nurse in 2021 over its COVID-19 vaccine policy. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern…
Spartanburg (S.C.) Medical Center has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations it violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, according to a Nov. 12 news release from the HHS Office of Inspector General. EMTALA, enacted in 1986, requires…
HHS on Dec. 18 proposed new rules that would end federal funding to any hospital that provides gender transition care to minors. Federal officials said CMS will start a rulemaking process to bar hospitals from providing gender-affirming care — including…
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A former morgue manager at Harvard University Medical School who was convicted of stealing and selling human remains donated to the Boston-based institution for medical research was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Dec. 16. U.S. District Court Chief…
Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health must pay $1.5 million in estimated claims related to alleged violations of the federal WARN Act, a bankruptcy judge ruled, far short of the $21 million initially sought by plaintiffs, according to the Delco Times in…
Two pediatricians accused of sending unsolicited text messages to Cleveland-based University Hospitals physicians — and later fired by the system — have filed a lawsuit over their termination. Lauren Beene, MD, and Valerie Fouts-Fowler, DO, filed the lawsuit Dec. 15…
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth can begin with the first phase of a planned hospital construction in Weaverville, N.C., after the North Carolina Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the project. With the court declining Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health’s…
Laurie Eldridge, former CFO of Placerville, Calif.-based Marshall Medical Center has filed a lawsuit against the hospital, alleging wrongful termination, age discrimination and retaliation, the Sacramento Business Journal reported Dec. 12. Three things to know: 1. Ms. Eldridge alleges she…