HHS on Dec. 18 proposed new rules that would end federal funding to any hospital that provides gender transition care to minors. Federal officials said CMS will start a rulemaking process to bar hospitals from providing gender-affirming care — including…
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A former morgue manager at Harvard University Medical School who was convicted of stealing and selling human remains donated to the Boston-based institution for medical research was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Dec. 16. U.S. District Court Chief…
Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health must pay $1.5 million in estimated claims related to alleged violations of the federal WARN Act, a bankruptcy judge ruled, far short of the $21 million initially sought by plaintiffs, according to the Delco Times in…
Two pediatricians accused of sending unsolicited text messages to Cleveland-based University Hospitals physicians — and later fired by the system — have filed a lawsuit over their termination. Lauren Beene, MD, and Valerie Fouts-Fowler, DO, filed the lawsuit Dec. 15…
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth can begin with the first phase of a planned hospital construction in Weaverville, N.C., after the North Carolina Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the project. With the court declining Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health’s…
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Laurie Eldridge, former CFO of Placerville, Calif.-based Marshall Medical Center has filed a lawsuit against the hospital, alleging wrongful termination, age discrimination and retaliation, the Sacramento Business Journal reported Dec. 12. Three things to know: 1. Ms. Eldridge alleges she…
A patient of San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare is suing the health system over its use of an AI scribe during his treatment. The plaintiff claims a Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group clinic recorded a July appointment with Abridge’s ambient clinical documentation…
Morton County, Kan., plans to sue the state for more than $2 million over misdirected hospital funding, the Kansas Reflector reported Dec. 11. Five things to know: 1. In 2015, the county’s voters approved a 1% countywide sales tax that…
The San Francisco District Attorney’s office has filed a murder charge against a man accused of fatally stabbing a social worker Dec. 4 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Wilfredo Jose Tortolero Arriechi, 34, was originally charged…
A social worker who was stabbed Dec. 4 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center died two days later, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Police said officers responded around 1:30 p.m. Dec. 4, when an adult male suspect…