1. Seattle Children’s loses legal fight in effort to keep mold outbreak records from public
A court denied Seattle Children’s Hospital’s request to overturn a decision that requires the hospital to turn over public health records concerning mold infections to local reporters.
2. Medical device company CEO charged with fraud in alleged COVID-19 test scam
The CEO of Decision Diagnostics, a West Village, Calif.-based medical device company, was charged with securities fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud investors by making false statements about the purported development of a new COVID-19 test.
3. Hospitals lose appeal in price transparency case
An appeals court rejected hospitals’ challenge of a rule that requires hospitals to disclose the rates they negotiate with insurers.
4. 46 hospitals sue HHS over bad debt policy
Forty-six hospitals sued HHS Secretary Alex Azar for the allegedly unlawful reversal of hospital debt policy, which they say has raised their debt payments by nearly $1.4 million.
5. Judge prevents ProMedica from ending insurance contracts with McLaren St. Luke’s
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Dec. 29 to stop Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica from terminating its insurance contracts with McLaren St. Luke’s Hospital, a 300-bed facility in Maumee, Ohio, and its physician group.
6. U of Missouri settles suit against former pharmacy professor accused of selling student research
The University of Missouri reached a settlement with a former pharmacy professor who was accused of stealing and selling student research.
7. UCHealth patients sue medical debt collector
UCHealth patients filed a lawsuit against Credit Service Co., a debt collector that previously sued them for unpaid medical bills.
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