Legal & Regulatory Issues

Ten former NFL players have been accused of defrauding the league's retiree healthcare program out of $3.4 million, federal prosecutors said Dec. 12. 

George Washington University is suing King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services in District of Columbia Superior Court, alleging UHS is keeping profits that should be invested in the university's medical school and network of physicians, according to The Washington…

Colchester-based OneCare Vermont, the state's only ACO, faces allegations of fraud from a former employee who says the ACO's strategy was based on unreliable and flawed data, according to reports from VT Digger.

A Tennessee businessman claims a younger brother of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, a hedge fund manager and the owner and CEO of a hospital chain each played a role in a scheme to steal his company's business model.

Health insurers will argue they are owed billions in ACA payments in hearings before the Supreme Court Dec. 10, according to NPR.

Seven physicians are suing Philadelphia-based Drexel University College of Medicine for breach of contract, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is refusing to comply with an "over-broad subpoena" issued by CNN seeking information on a former company executive, according to the Nashville Post.

From four national hospital groups suing HHS to keep their negotiated rates secret to a neurologist suing a patient's family member over a negative Yelp review, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

Nandigam Neurology in Murfreesboro, Tenn., filed a $25,000 lawsuit against a patient's family member after she posted a negative review of neurologist Kaveer Nandigam, MD, local news station WTVF reported.

Almost $6 billion in fraudulent payments is expected to be recovered by HHS' Office of Inspector General, federal officials said in their semiannual report to Congress.