Legal & Regulatory Issues

Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, both in New York City, have reached a $165 million settlement with 147 former patients who reported sexual abuse or misconduct by a former gynecologist.

Mobile Life Support Services, an Orange County, N.Y.-based ambulance company, has settled with the state for unlawfully billing patients, the New York attorney general said Oct. 6. 

A federal grand jury has indicted a Westfield, Mass., woman in connection with an alleged fake bomb threat made against Boston Children's Hospital, the Justice Department announced Oct. 7.

A phlebotomist is accusing Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, of failure to pay employees overtime wages, according to court documents accessed by Becker's.

A Jackson, Miss.-based durable medical equipment owner was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to repay $7.5 million for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme. 

The Justice Department has established a task force to provide legal support to those affected by recent abortion legislation, including healthcare workers, Vice President Kamala Harris said. 

A North Carolina pharmacy owner pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud Medicare, North Carolina Medicaid and private insurers, the Justice Department said Oct. 6. 

Allied Health Systems, a Springfield, Mass.-based home health provider, will pay $430,000 to settle allegations of Medicaid fraud, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said Oct. 5. 

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System is facing charges from a landlord who alleges it overstayed its lease, the Commercial Observer reported Oct. 4. 

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Physicians Groups Services has agreed to pay $700,000 to resolve allegations the healthcare provider submitted false claims to the state's Medicaid program.