From Steward Health Care suing its former CEO to an AdventHealth hospital suing BCBS Kansas City over clinical validation audits, here are 10 lawsuits, settlements and legal developments involving hospitals that Becker’s has reported since June 18: 1. Dallas-based Steward…

Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed a lawsuit July 15 in bankruptcy court against its former chairman and CEO, Ralph de la Torre, MD, and other top system executives, claiming they conducted insider transactions that drained Steward’s assets and contributed to…

From the largest National Health Care Fraud Takedown operation in the Justice Department’s history to another suspect charged in a case involving a Chicago hospital, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported on since June 30:…

New Jersey’s high court unanimously rejected arguments brought forth by more than a dozen hospitals that charity care is an unconstitutional taking of private property without just compensation, NJ.com reported July 16.  State Supreme Court Justice Douglas Fasciale wrote in…

A 63-year-old man has been arrested in connection with death threats made against the CEO of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital. Lawrence Brunn of Oakmont, Pa., has been charged with cyber harassment and could face up to five years in federal…

Urgent care center operator Bloom Care has agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary testing and inflated the extent of services performed.  What happened? 

An appellate court on July 10 upheld a $207.6 million verdict against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, affirming a lower court’s finding that a delayed cesarean section caused a child to be born with cerebral palsy and severe…

Megan Ryan, the former CEO of Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., plans to file a lawsuit against the hospital’s parent company, alleging wrongful termination. Ms. Ryan filed a notice of claim, with plans to file a full…

A judge has approved $30 million in emergency debt financing for Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings to avoid service cuts and layoffs at its California and Connecticut hospitals, CT Insider reported July 11. Prospect, which sought Chapter 11 protection in…

A California man who owned two durable medical equipment companies pleaded guilty to his role in a $5.9 million Medicare fraud scheme.  What happened? What’s next?