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Express Scripts conspires to overcharge pharmacies, suit alleges
Retail pharmacies are accusing Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics of monopolizing the pharmacy benefit manager market and conspiring to extort pharmacies, according to court documents. -
California hospital execs lost jobs over raising patient safety concerns, lawsuits allege
St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., faces lawsuits filed by former executives alleging the hospital forced them out after they raised patient safety concerns, the Long Beach Business Journal reported Oct. 23. -
Physician seeks plea deal in opioid scheme to drop patient death charges
A New York physician pleaded guilty to counts of unlawful distribution of opioids and healthcare fraud, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported Oct. 23. -
11 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements
From the Washington Hospital Association suing the state over a charity care law, to Mayo Clinic and Lifepoint Health suing Bristol Myers Squibb for allegedly inflating the price of a cancer drug, here are 11 hospital lawsuits and settlements Becker's has reported since Oct. 3: -
Prospect Medical Holdings gets grace period to sell Crozer Health
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. -
Silicon Valley exec gets 8 years in prison for fraud, kickback scheme
Mark Schena, former president of medtech company Arrayit Corp., on Oct. 18 was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $24 million in restitution for defrauding investors and paying illegal kickbacks that resulted in the submission of more than $77 million in false claims for COVID-19 and allergy testing. -
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 charity care for any service to any patient seeking it regardless of their ability to pay or an indigent person's residency. -
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 reported Oct. 16. -
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 reported Oct. 16. -
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, the San Francisco Business Times reported Oct. 16. -
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. -
Dozens of patients have sued Yale after saline was swapped for fentanyl
New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University is facing mounting lawsuits from former patients who claim they underwent fertility procedures without receiving painkillers under the assumption that they would. -
Nurse pleads guilty to stealing medication from 50+ maternity patients
A former Iowa nurse pleaded guilty to stealing pain medication meant for more than 50 maternity patients and replacing it with saline, ABC affiliate KCRG reported Oct. 12. -
Georgia physician must pay $27M for alleged Medicare false claims
Charles Adams, MD, and his practice must pay more than $27 million for violating the False Claims Act, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia. -
$55.5M awarded to man who suffered brain damage at Chicago hospital
A Cook County, Ill., jury awarded $55.5 million to Shamond Butler, 20, a man who suffered brain injuries during his birth at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Oct. 12. -
Man accused of killing Detroit nurse pleads guilty
The man accused of kidnapping and killing a Detroit nurse pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Oct. 10, NBC affiliate WDIV reported.
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