Legal & Regulatory Issues

A physician pleaded guilty to accepting kickbacks in a fraudulent telemarketing and medical supply scheme, the Justice Department said Feb. 28. 

Physicians in Alabama could be shielded from criminal or civil liability for performing in vitro fertilization procedures after the state's legislature passed a bill Feb. 29, The Washington Post reported.

The owners of St. Louis-based Northview Village nursing home, which closed without warning in December, have been fined $56,310, by CMS the St. Louis Dispatch reported Feb. 29.

Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter's Health Partners and its Troy, N.Y.-based Samaritan Hospital filed a lawsuit on Feb. 28 against New York state Attorney General Letitia James's office seeking relief from the court regarding the office's investigation into the hospital's planned…

What began as a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Texas urologist has evolved into a broader accusation, The Texas Tribune reported Feb. 23. 

Two affiliate hospitals of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health filed lawsuits Feb. 26 against North American Partners in Anesthesia, alleging the group's noncompete clauses stifle competition and violate antitrust laws. 

An Ohio man who owned four pharmacies was convicted Feb. 27 for dispensing a gastroenterology generic drug without prescriptions and overcharging Medicaid, the Justice Department said. 

President Joe Biden issued an executive order to protect Americans' sensitive personal data — including health data — from countries of concern. 

A marketing company owner from California was charged for his alleged role in a fraud and kickback scheme that cost Medicare more than $10 million. 

St. Charles Health System, a private nonprofit system in Bend, Ore., has been named in a lawsuit after allegedly denying charity care to eligible patients, according to The Lund Report.