California has passed several high-profile healthcare laws in 2025 aimed at increasing PBM transparency, reducing prior authorization burdens, and limiting corporate influence in patient care. Three bills to know: Pharmacy benefit managers Senate Bill 41, signed on Oct. 11, aims…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at clamping down on private equity’s influence on healthcare. The legislation grants the California attorney general authority to take legal action against private equity firms and hedge funds that “interfere with…
The Palo Verde Healthcare District is seeking Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection amid ongoing financial instabilities that could result in the closure of Blythe, Calif.-based Palo Verde Hospital. “This is an important step since getting the news that we would not…
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Lewisburg, Pa.-based Evangelical Community Hospital — now known as WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital — have reached settlements to resolve allegations that the organizations had a secret “no-poach” agreement that suppressed healthcare wages in the region. The…
From a pair of durable medical equipment company owners charged in a nearly $35 million scheme to a Pennsylvania physician sentenced to 14 years in prison, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported since Aug. 19: …
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A pair of Florida men who owned and operated seven durable medical equipment companies were charged with submitting $34.8 million in fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary equipment. What happened?
John Glascock, MD, a bariatric surgeon, is suing Waverly (Iowa) Health Center and its CEO, Jodi Geerts, alleging the hospital has put patients at risk, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Oct. 1. Dr. Glascock was employed by the hospital from July…
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.-based White-Wilson Medical Center, a multispecialty physician group, has voluntarily sought Chapter 11 protection to restructure its debt without interrupting operations. “White-Wilson intends to propose a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization that will provide for distributions to…
A lawsuit regarding racial criteria for appointments to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners has been dismissed. Here are four things to know: 1. Do No Harm, a Richmond, Va.-based medical watchdog group, sued then-Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Montrose (Colo.) Memorial Hospital, doing business as Montrose Regional Health, for alleged age discrimination and retaliation. The EEOC filed the lawsuit Sept. 30, nearly a decade after it had previously sued the…