Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has filed a lawsuit against Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in an effort to block its eviction from the Golisano Children’s Health Center in Naples — a move that could shut down a facility that serves about…
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Carson City, Nev.-based Carson Tahoe Health System has agreed to pay nearly $8.9 million to settle allegations that it improperly obtained four Paycheck Protection Program loans for which it was not eligible. Five things to know: 1. The PPP, created…
A federal judge ruled March 20 that only physicians at Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System can perform abortions during medical emergencies, according to the Idaho Statesman. Idaho has one of the strictest abortion laws in the U.S. Healthcare providers…
The former chief scientific officer and executive director of Children’s Mercy Research Institute is suing Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy Hospital, alleging wrongful termination. The lawsuit, filed March 18, claims Tom Curran, PhD, was fired in November 2023 shortly after…
In a lawsuit filed in early March, electric utility company ComEd accused an Illinois hospital of owing more than $800,000, according to the Lake and McHenry County Scanner. ComEd accused the hospital, Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Medical Center East, of failing…
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Purdue Pharma has submitted a revised Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan proposing more than $7.4 billion in cash payments to creditors, including U.S. states and others, to compensate victims of the opioid crisis, Bloomberg reported March 18. The plan includes the…
The former CEO of Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton, Iowa, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for defrauding his former California employer out of more than $3.2 million, according to a March 11 news release from the Justice…
HHS has filed a legal brief urging a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits brought by pharmaceutical companies challenging the agency’s stance on 340B rebate models. Here are four takeaways:
The Federal Trade Commission submitted a second comment to the Indiana Department of Health March 17 requesting the state agency deny Terre Haute, Ind.-based Union Health's application to acquire Terre Haute Regional Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
Wakefield, R.I.-based South County Health has filed a lawsuit against a former employee and a group that has alleged mismanagement on the part of the hospital, claiming they interfered with the hospital's expected donations.