HCA's Henrico Doctors Hospital in Richmond, Va., has reopened its neonatal ICU for new admissions. The hospital halted NICU admissions Dec. 26 after it discovered three infants with unexplained fractures in November and December.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Doctors for America has filed a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management, CDC, FDA and HHS for removing a broad range of health-related data from government websites.
Airica Steed, EdD, RN, who was terminated as president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth in August, has filed a lawsuit against the health system, three board members and four executives, alleging discrimination, retaliation and defamation.
From federal prosecutors dismissing charges against a Texas physician accused of illegally accessing and sharing private medical records, to UnitedHealthcare settling proton beam therapy coverage lawsuits, here are 10 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal developments that Becker's has…
An Arizona couple has pleaded guilty to causing more than $1.2 billion in fraudulent claims to be submitted to Medicare and other health insurance programs for unnecessary wound grafts that were applied to elderly and terminally ill patients.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James is calling on healthcare providers to continue providing gender-affirming care for individuals under 19, cautioning that restricting services could violate state anti-discrimination laws.
After pleading guilty to a three-decade identity fraud scheme that began at a hot dog cart in New Mexico, a former systems architect at an Iowa hospital was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison.
A Louisiana grand jury has indicted a New York state physician for providing and mailing abortion medication to a Louisiana resident via telehealth in what appears to be the first known criminal case of its kind.
A woman from Denton, Md., was sentenced to five years of probation after she falsely represented herself as a registered nurse and worked as a nursing home's RN supervisor in 2023.
Some hospitals in the U.S. have paused gender-affirming care for minors after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to restrict federal funding and support for such care.