Guido Germano, PhD, director of artificial intelligence medicine at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, faces felony charges of distribution and possession of child pornography, acccording to local KTLA news.
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Dignity Health has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging the San Francisco-based health system used a religious Employee Retirement Income Security Act exemption it wasn't entitled to, according to LawyersandSettlements.com.
Vermont officials handed a cease and desist order to four groups and one individual selling unlicensed health insurance, according to the VTDigger.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan faces a lawsuit filed on behalf of mental health and substance abuse treatment providers that accused the insurer of underpaying claims.
A former nurse filed a lawsuit alleging she was fired from Cameron (Mo.) Regional Medical Center because of her age, according to News-Press Now.
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A law went into effect July 15 in Illinois that adds to the administrative process of closing or downsizing a hospital, according to The Southern Illinoisan.
The South Carolina patient who died of suffocation in January after staff members improperly restrained him had previously sued the state's mental health department over his release, reports The State.
The ACA faces yet another challenge to its constitutionality, one that could put healthcare front and center during the 2020 election season.
Global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. is facing criticism for its role in opioid marketing for Johnson & Johnson and Purdue Pharmaceuticals, The New York Times reports.
Humana filed a lawsuit against St. Jude Medical, a subsidiary of Abbott, in an effort to recoup payments it made for the devicemaker's recalled cardiac rhythm management devices, according to Mass Device.