Legal & Regulatory Issues

A lawsuit filed in Florida accuses Intuitive Surgical, a medical device company, of knowingly selling a surgical robot with known insulation issues that burned a woman's small intestine during an operation, NBC News reported. 

A Wisconsin orthopedic practice is suing to keep two Hospital Sisters Health System-owned hospitals open at least three months past their planned closure date. 

Becker's has reported on four health systems that have agreed to settle improper billing allegations since Jan. 5: 

Healthcare providers often look to educational content to bolster their skills, learn about new techniques and manage their risk as a practicing clinician. But how affective are these training tools? A recent study examined this and found that among one…

A King County jury has ruled that Seattle Children's is responsible for exposing two babies and an 11-year-old to mold at the hospital and must pay $215,000 to the families of the children.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Aurora Health alleges the health system used its market power to suppress competition and impose "eye-watering prices on commercial health plans and their members in Wisconsin."

Officials with New York's health department are investigating whether Mount Sinai Beth Israel violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, according to a Feb. 8 Politico report.  News of the probe comes as New York City-based Mount Sinai Health…

A patient drove off in an ambulance outside of Alpena-based MyMichigan Medical Center on Feb. 6, sparking an hourlong police chase, WSBT reported.

The co-owner and administrator of a pharmacy pleaded guilty to charges in a scheme that defrauded payers by more than $65 million, the Justice Department said Feb. 7. 

An Illinois judge found a physician from Oak Park, Ill., guilty of defrauding the state out of more than $1.2 million in Medicaid funds.