Legal & Regulatory Issues

A physician was arrested Oct. 18 and charged with aggravated assault for allegedly pointing a gun at a group of anti-abortion protestors outside Acacia Women's Center in Phoenix on Oct. 10, according to ABC15.

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health's acquisition of Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky., will likely be delayed by months due to litigation, according to Louisville Business First. 

Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed in principle to a global settlement worth $23 billion to resolve all opioid-related litigation against the drugmaker.

Humana filed a lawsuit Oct. 18 accusing 37 pharmaceutical companies of partaking in a conspiracy to increase generic drug prices, according to Louisville Business First.

The country's three largest drug distributors and one manufacturer reached a settlement to avoid the bellwether federal opioid trial set to begin in Cleveland Oct. 21, according to The New York Times.

The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance rejected a proposal from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey that would have outsourced some claim reviewal and medical necessity determination to a third-party company, according to the North Jersey…

From Sutter Health settling an antitrust case to a union suing a New York hospital over its nurse recruitment methods, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

The former CEO at Manchester, Iowa-based Regional Medical Center has pleaded guilty to first-degree theft, according to KDTH, a local radio news station.   

A federal jury found a California physician guilty Oct. 16 for his role in a $12 million fraud scheme that involved upcoding Medicare claims and reusing contaminated catheters, according to the Department of Justice.

Established in nearly every state across America, prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are used to track the prescribing, dispensing and use of opioids and other controlled substances.