A man was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after allegedly bringing a rifle on the property of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, according to a police report shared with Becker's.
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From an antitrust complaint filed against UPMC, to Northwell Health suing a former employee for allegedly posting graphic photos and videos from a morgue, here are 13 lawsuits and settlements involving hospitals and health systems Becker's has reported since May…
A jury has awarded John Farmer, MD, a former employee of Baptist Health Madisonville (Ky.), $3.7 million after finding that the hospital violated terms of his contract and interfered with his future business relationships, according to The Indiana Lawyer.
A Michigan nurse was charged with two counts of falsifying medical records after a patient's death.
A group of labor unions, led by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, launched what they are calling a "groundbreaking antitrust complaint" against UPMC, a 40-hospital system headquartered in Pittsburgh.
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An employee is suing Northville Township, Mich.-based Hawthorn Center for instructing him to act as an active shooter in an unannounced drill that resulted in him being handcuffed and detained, Click On Detroit reported May 17.
There have been no reports so far of a patient being harmed by an unqualified nurse involved in Operation Nightingale — a coordinated scheme to sell more than 7,600 fake diplomas and transcripts to aspiring nurses, enabling them to sit…
In this episode, we are joined by Bevey Minor, EVP of Healthcare IT Strategy & Policy at Consensus Cloud Solutions. She discusses how most payers receive and respond to PA requests today, the main challenge for payers when streamlining authorizations,…
Revenue cycle management company MedEvolve agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a HIPAA investigation from the HHS Office for Civil Rights that stemmed from a 2018 data breach that affected 230,572 people.
The Ibrahim El-Hefni Liver Repository claims Sacramento-based Sutter Health and its California Pacific Medical Center facility live in an "alternate universe."