Legal & Regulatory Issues

William Spencer, MD, a physician, Suffolk County (N.Y.) legislator and a member of an opioid task force, is facing felony drug charges, according to ABC News. 

A patient is suing Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center over a 2018 incident in which several hospital security guards allegedly tackled the man to the floor and rendered him unconscious, reports KTLA. 

Walmart has sued the Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration in anticipation of upcoming civil lawsuits against the retail giant for its pharmacies' opioid dispensing practices.

The former chief of the prosthetics and orthotics department at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center pleaded guilty to accepting gifts from a public official as part of a purchasing scheme, according to the Department of Justice. 

From a surgeon suing a children's hospital for alleged retaliation to a Philadelphia health system arguing it needs to merge with another system in response to a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission, here are the latest healthcare industry…

A family is suing the city of Southfield and four paramedics for $50 million over the death of a 20-year-old Michigan woman, reports The New York Times. 

State and federal agents raided the offices of Borrego Health, a federally qualified health center with more than 40 California locations, according to the San Diego Union Tribune.

A West Virginia court ordered Walmart to turn over all documents related to its opioid dispensing practices to state and federal authorities, according to court documents.

Purdue Pharma on Oct. 21 agreed to shut down its company, pay roughly $8.3 billion and plead guilty to three federal criminal charges for its role in creating and exacerbating the nation's opioid epidemic.

CMS said Oct. 20 that it approved Nebraska's demonstration to expand Medicaid and add work requirements to the program.