A California federal judge has blocked Trump administration health officials from sharing people’s individual health data with the Department of Homeland Security for immigration enforcement purposes while litigation plays out, Bloomberg reported Aug. 12.  California and 19 other states filed…

CMS’ recent proposal to phase out the inpatient-only list is drawing mixed reactions from healthcare leaders.  As part of the Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule for 2026, the agency shared plans to eliminate the inpatient-only list, starting with 285…

A Houston physician has agreed to pay more than $2 million to resolve allegations that he submitted fraudulent claims to federally funded healthcare programs for implantation of neurostimulator electrodes. What happened?

An Aug. 8 shooting on Emory University campuses in Atlanta and in front of the CDC’s Roybal campus has left one police officer and a suspected shooter dead.  According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, David Rose, an officer with…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Aug. 7 that gives political appointees oversight of all federally funded grants. The order aims to ensure award decisions undergo “more rigorous evaluation by political appointees and subject matter experts,” the White House…

A Florida woman was arrested on charges of posing as a nurse and treating more than 4,000 hospital patients without a license, according to an Aug. 6 Flagler County Sheriff’s Office news release. The sheriff’s office and AdventHealth Palm Coast…

Michael Lucchesi, MD, former chair of emergency medicine and chief medical officer at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York City, has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for embezzling $1.44 million from the hospital. Dr. Lucchesi…

A shooting at Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Allenmore Hospital has left one man dead and a woman injured, CBS News reported. The Tacoma Police Department received a call regarding a shooting around 7 p.m. on Aug. 6. When they arrived at…

Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings received bankruptcy court approval on Aug. 4 to abandon two of its closed Pennsylvania hospitals, Drexel Hill-based Delaware County Memorial Hospital and Ridley Park-based Taylor Hospital, should efforts to sell the properties fall through. Prospect,…

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed two lawsuits against New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital, alleging the facility violated federal law when it fired two workers who did not comply with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate in 2021.  The lawsuits,…