The American Society of Anesthesiologists expressed its outrage over the final rule adopted by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which will allow Medicare funds to be used to pay certified registered nurse anesthetists to diagnose and treat chronic…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The American Hospital Association and four hospitals have sued HHS over denied Medicare payments resulting from recovery audits.
Federal prosecutors have unsealed a whisteblower lawsuit that claims Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago violated the False Claims Act by double-billing the government, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.
Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) released a report on compounding pharmacies this week, which examines FDA and state regulations of compounding pharmacies, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
FDA concerns over sterility of products prompted a voluntary recall by Westborough, Mass.-based Ameridose of all its unexpired products in circulation, according to the American Society of Anesthesiology.
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The following hospital lawsuits, settlements or legal developments were reported within the past month, beginning with the most recent.
A judge has ordered a physicians group in Indianapolis to pay approximately $1 million to a neurosurgeon who opposed the group's merger with another physician practice, according to an Indianapolis Star report.
Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Miss., and a local ambulance provider have answered a lawsuit filed against them by Wesley Medical Center, denying allegations they funneled patients to Forrest General, according to a Hattiesburg American report.
In the court hearing between Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System and Highmark that started today, Highmark's CEO testified that he urged West Penn to file for bankruptcy to improve the odds of regulatory approval for the payor-provider merger, according…
An Ohio jury has awarded $554,022 to a patient who lost the full use of her leg after a peripheral nerve block at Evandale Surgical Center in Cincinnati in 2009, according to Outpatient Surgery.