One of Harvard's top faculty members faces charges for allegedly misrepresenting his research connections to the Chinese government, The New York Times reports.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The Supreme Court granted a stay Jan. 27, allowing the Trump administration to enforce its new "public charge" policy everywhere except Illinois while courts sort out the associated legal challenges.
An Indiana physician was awarded $4.75 million in a lawsuit that alleged Ascension's St. Vincent Carmel (Ind.) Hospital and its medical group wrongly accused her of being under the influence of alcohol while on the job, according to Medscape.
Arch Health Partners agreed to pay $2.9 million to resolve allegations that the Poway, Calif.-based physician group submitted false claims to Medicare, according to the Department of Justice.
A custodial worker at the Iowa Department of Human Services threw paper files containing personal information of 4,784 people into a dumpster not realizing they should have been shredded, according to a Jan. 24 press release.
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Morrow County is suing the governing board of its county-owned hospital, alleging leaders held secret meetings and entered into unlawful agreements with OhioHealth, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
An orthopedic surgeon is suing Orlando Health and three of its subsidiaries, alleging the health system violated federal law by requiring him to perform surgeries and make referrals within its network only. When he refused to comply, he was fired,…
Practice Fusion admitted to receiving kickbacks from a major opioid company in exchange for using its EHR platform to influence physician prescription and will pay a multimillion-dollar fine to resolve the investigation.
The following hospital lawsuits were reported in the past month, beginning with the most recent.
Geisinger is seeking a court order to block Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare from breaking away from the Danville, Pa.-based system, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.