Legal & Regulatory Issues

A McAllen, Texas, physician and one of his employees were indicted for their alleged roles in a $3.5 million Medicare fraud scheme. 

A Kentucky judge ruled that Lexington-based UK HealthCare improperly used the state's department of revenue and tax statutes to collect unpaid medical bills, the Lexington Herald Leader reported Aug. 19.

A California health plan and three providers have agreed to pay $70.7 million to settle claims they violated federal and state false claim act laws by submitting improper claims to the state's Medicaid program. 

The Justice Department is speaking out after Boston Children's Hospital said it has been the target of a harassment campaign based on misinformation about its pediatric and adolescent transgender health program.

A Nebraska mother and her daughter face up to two years of prison time after the then-17-year-old took abortion pills in her third trimester and buried the fetal remains, The New York Times reported Aug. 18. 

Here are seven hospital and health insurance price transparency headlines Becker's has reported since Aug. 2:

Three health systems were named in lawsuits for allegedly installing Facebook's tracking tool, Meta Pixel, into their websites and patient portals:

From a health system accused of wage theft to a hospital sued over data sharing, here are the latest hospital lawsuits making headlines. 

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association are accusing the University of Michigan of unlawfully refusing to negotiate over nurses' workloads in its bargaining with the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council.

A less-recognized 36-year-old federal law requiring hospitals funded by Medicare to provide all patients with appropriate emergency care is at the center of abortion fights in two states.