HonorBridge, an organ procurement organization in Chapel Hill, N.C., is suing the federal government over its decision to allow Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to switch to a new transplant partner, according to court documents obtained by Becker’s. CMS granted…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
On March 25, a jury handed down a $48 million verdict against St. Louis-based Mercy Hospital, Mercy Clinic and an obstetrician, siding with the family of a child left with brain damage after his birth at the hospital. The case…
Carmichael, Calif.-based Mercy San Juan Medical Center is under scrutiny after numerous deceased patients were transported to an off-site morgue without next of kin being notified, Medpage Today reported March 25. The issue has spanned the last three years, according…
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has filed a lawsuit against Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in an effort to block its eviction from the Golisano Children’s Health Center in Naples — a move that could shut down a facility that serves about…
Carson City, Nev.-based Carson Tahoe Health System has agreed to pay nearly $8.9 million to settle allegations that it improperly obtained four Paycheck Protection Program loans for which it was not eligible. Five things to know: 1. The PPP, created…
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A federal judge ruled March 20 that only physicians at Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System can perform abortions during medical emergencies, according to the Idaho Statesman. Idaho has one of the strictest abortion laws in the U.S. Healthcare providers…
The former chief scientific officer and executive director of Children’s Mercy Research Institute is suing Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy Hospital, alleging wrongful termination. The lawsuit, filed March 18, claims Tom Curran, PhD, was fired in November 2023 shortly after…
In a lawsuit filed in early March, electric utility company ComEd accused an Illinois hospital of owing more than $800,000, according to the Lake and McHenry County Scanner. ComEd accused the hospital, Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Medical Center East, of failing…
Purdue Pharma has submitted a revised Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan proposing more than $7.4 billion in cash payments to creditors, including U.S. states and others, to compensate victims of the opioid crisis, Bloomberg reported March 18. The plan includes the…
The former CEO of Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton, Iowa, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for defrauding his former California employer out of more than $3.2 million, according to a March 11 news release from the Justice…