Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System is suing Leapfrog Group after the company gave the healthcare system a "D" for patient safety, according to CBS affiliate WINK News.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The Office for Civil Rights at the HHS slapped the Texas Health and Human Services Commission with a $1.6 million fine for HIPAA violations, according to a Nov. 7 news release.
Citing efforts to improve coordinated care for patients, the HHS Office of Inspector General and CMS recently proposed an overhaul to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.
Medicaid work requirements will be among the first to go after apparent Kentucky Gov.-elect Andy Beshear, a Democrat, takes office, according to CNBC.
The former CEO of Merced, Calif.-based Horisons Unlimited, a nonprofit chain of health clinics, was sentenced Nov. 4 to five years in prison for her role in a billing fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
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Ballad Health Chief Security Officer Ken Harr filed a complaint with police against a woman who has led protests at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., for six months, the Kingsport Times-News reports.
Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 5 signed legislation to better track opioid overdoses in the state.
A federal judge found the Trump administration's "conscience protection rule" unconstitutional, saving hospitals billions in potential funding cuts and the burden of navigating the rule's overlap with existing laws to prevent patient dumping, Bloomberg reports.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has tentatively agreed to pay $66 million to resolve a qui tam, or whistleblower, lawsuit dating back to 2016, according to Reuters.
The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has agreed to pay $3 million to HHS' Office for Civil Rights to settle potential HIPAA violations, according to a Nov. 5 news release.