A jury has awarded $27.5 million to the former chief nursing officer of St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach (Calif.) in a retaliation lawsuit. Here’s what to know: 1. Nancy Valla, BSN, RN, was appointed CNO at the hospital in…

The Justice Department, through its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown investigation, has charged 324 defendants in schemes involving more than $14.6 billion in intended losses to Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs. Five things to know:  1. The 2025…

On July 1, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed a bill into law to enter the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, which allows PAs to practice outside the state where they were licensed.  North Carolina joins 18 others states in the…

A federal judge has rejected Johnson & Johnson’s challenge to block its proposed rebate model under the 340B Drug Pricing Program, Bloomberg Law reported June 27.  Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled…

A Michigan physician was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in a $6.3 million Medicare fraud scheme.  What happened?

An employee of Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio, was injured June 27 after being struck by a bullet “in the line of duty”, the hospital wrote in a Facebook post.  James Fair, 36, a hospital patient exhibiting emotional distress, according…

The Trump administration may cut off funding to hospitals that provide gender-related care to children and teenagers, according to a June 30 report from the The Wall Street Journal. CMS told the Journal it believes it has the authority to…

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on June 27 that Madison, Wis.-based UW Health is not legally required to engage in collective bargaining with its nurses, upholding November 2022 decisions from the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission. In a June 27 statement…

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act’s preventive care coverage mandate in a 6-3 vote, affirming that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force can continue issuing recommendations for services that must be covered…

Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth has prevailed in a lawsuit with Colorado’s Medicaid agency over provider fee money. State officials said the decision could move up to $50 million a year away from public hospitals and into private hospitals, The Colorado Sun…