About 40 employees of Louisiana's largest health system are suing Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport in Caddo Parish District Court to block the system's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, according to the Shreveport Times.
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The man suspected of shooting and killing a co-worker at Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and then wounding two officers in a shootout with police is facing multiple charges, Fox 29 reported Oct. 5.
Carbondale, Ill.-based Southern Illinois Hospital Services is asking for dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit seeking to prevent it from acquiring Harrisburg (Ill.) Medical Center.
The National Community Pharmacists Association brought complaints to the Justice Department regarding UnitedHealth Group's $8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare.
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A former medical records technician and U.S. Army administrator was sentenced Sept. 30 to more than 12 years in prison for his role in a transnational fraud and money laundering scheme that targeted more than 3,300 military members, according to…
From a judge dismissing a vaccination mandate lawsuit against a Louisiana hospital to a lawsuit alleging a hospital ransomware attack resulted in a death, here are the latest hospital lawsuits making headlines.
Alaska has activated crisis standards of care for 20 healthcare facilities across the state.
University of California San Francisco School of Nursing has been defrauded of $1.5 million by an employee who worked as an academic program officer, according to court documents obtained by Becker's.
David Laufer, the former chief of the prosthetics and orthotics department at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, was sentenced to prison, the Justice Department said Sept. 30.