From a shuttered Ohio hospital and its owner getting hit with a lawsuit to Texas Health Resources suing six drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers, here are 10 hospital lawsuits, settlements and legal developments that Becker’s has reported since March 25:
1. More than 300 current and former physician assistants filed a lawsuit against Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, alleging the academic health system dismissed years of gender-based wage gaps between male and female PAs.
2. Arlington-based Texas Health Resources is suing six drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers, alleging the parties colluded to drive up the price of insulin.
3. A jury ruled in favor of San Antonio-based Neurosurgery and Spine Consultants in a noncompete case, but Methodist Healthcare and an affiliate plan to appeal the $24 million verdict.
4. Martins Ferry-based East Ohio Regional Hospital and its owner and CEO, John Johnson, MD, have been hit with a lawsuit following the hospital’s March 14 layoffs and March 21 closure.
5. University of Maryland Medical Center employees are suing the hospital after a pharmacist allegedly installed spyware on hospital computers to access intimate photos and record videos.
6. Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital paused its effort to evict Lee Health from the Golisano Children’s Health Center in Naples, Fla., providing a temporary reprieve in a high-stakes dispute that threatened access to pediatric care for tens of thousands of families in Collier County.
7. HonorBridge, an organ procurement organization in Chapel Hill, N.C., is suing the federal government over its decision to allow Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to switch to a new transplant partner.
8. A jury handed down a $48 million verdict against St. Louis-based Mercy Hospital, Mercy Clinic and an obstetrician, siding with the family of a child left with brain damage after his birth at the hospital. Mercy disagrees with the outcome and is considering an appeal.
9. Carson City, Nev.-based Carson Tahoe Health System agreed to pay nearly $8.9 million to settle allegations that it improperly obtained four Paycheck Protection Program loans for which it was not eligible.
10. A federal judge ruled that only physicians at Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System can perform abortions during medical emergencies in the state.
