1. More Delnor Hospital nurses join lawsuit against county over hostage situation
Two more nurses joined a lawsuit claiming Kane County, a corrections deputy and a private security firm were at fault in a hostage standoff in May at Geneva, Ill.-based Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital.
2. EHR vendor, executives to pay $155M for allegedly misrepresenting software’s capabilities
Westborough, Mass.-based eClinicalWorks, an EHR vendor, and some of its executives and employees agreed to pay $155 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act.
3. Amgen sues FDA over drug exclusivity rights: 5 things to know
Amgen filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration after the agency denied the drugmaker a six-month exclusivity period for its secondary hyperparathyroidism treatment Sensipar.
4. Freedom Health, former COO to pay $32.5M to resolve false billing case
Tampa, Fla.-based Freedom Health, a managed care services provider, and its former COO agreed to pay the federal government a combined $32.5 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act.
5. Ohio AG files suit against 5 drug manufacturers for role in opioid epidemic
Mike DeWine, Ohio’s attorney general, filed a lawsuit against five opioid manufacturers accusing the companies of engaging in fraudulent marketing and subsequently fueling the opioid epidemic in the state.
6. Pennsylvania hospital to pay $491k to settle false billing case
Abington (Pa.) Hospital-Jefferson Health agreed to pay the federal government $491,672 to resolve False Claims Act allegations.
7. Ex-employee admits recording people using SD hospital’s bathroom
Anthony Hall, a former employee of Rapid City (S.D.) Regional Hospital, pleaded guilty to using a hidden camera to secretly photograph and film people using an employee bathroom in the hospital’s rehabilitation unit.
8. Appellate court: Fairview Health’s medical device telemarketing does not violate robocall rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Fairview Health Services — a Minneapolis-based integrated health system and medical device seller — did not violate federal robocall rules.
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