Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and the company's top executives are accused of misleading investors with an accounting change, according to Nashville Public Radio.
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A Texas appellate court on Aug. 15 affirmed a $6.4 million jury verdict in favor of a heart surgeon who alleged Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System defamed him, according to Courthouse News Service.
California, Maine, Pennsylvania, Oregon and the District of Columbia on Aug. 16 together filed the fourth legal challenge against the Trump administration's public charge rule, which could force some immigrants to choose between obtaining green cards and obtaining healthcare, The…
A subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield requested the U.S. Supreme Court consider an opinion favoring medical equipment and staffing firm Encompass Office Solutions, which sued the insurer over benefit payments and defamation, according to Bloomberg Law.
A nurse was arrested Aug. 16 at WakeMed Health & Hospitals' campus in Raleigh, N.C., on kidnapping and sex offense charges, reports local TV station ABC11.
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From a medical group suing Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health to a Washington hospital settling an age discrimination case, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
A psychologist in Birmingham, Ala., will plead guilty to falsely billing the state's Medicaid program for services that weren't performed, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
The American Medical Association left an organization the health industry founded to combat single payer proposals, the organization confirmed with Becker's Hospital Review.
Anesthesia Associates of Ann Arbor (Mich.) has sued Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health in state court, alleging the health system ignored non-compete agreements and improperly tried to hire away clinicians.
Internal documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times reveal Purdue Pharma officials considered manipulating keyword searches to direct web traffic away from a series of articles on the opioid crisis to a site called PurduePharmaFacts.com.