1. A jury awarded an additional $50 million to a family that sued a Johns Hopkins children’s hospital in a case made famous by a Netflix documentary, bringing the total damages to $261 million.
2. A group of health systems from across the country is seeking to block the Health Resources and Services Administration from reinstating a registration policy for offsite clinics of 340B-eligible hospitals they allege will cost billions if left unchecked.
3. Dr. Anthony Coleman recently resigned from his role as CEO of Des Moines, Iowa-based Broadlawns Medical Center. He had already accepted another position before signing an $800,000 settlement agreement with Broadlawns — but the hospital says it was unaware he had taken a new job when the document was inked.
4. A nurse accused St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare of delaying her start date and withdrawing a job offer because she is deaf.
5. A federal judge sided with Kennett Square, Pa.-based Genesis Healthcare, ruling that the Health Resources and Services Administration’s definition of who qualifies as a patient under the 340B drug pricing program is too narrowly defined.
6. Rady Children’s Hospital, based in San Diego, is facing a lawsuit alleging that it secretly recorded a patient and her family to prove the child was suffering from abuse.
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