The Washington State Hospital Association is challenging a newly issued administrative policy from the state Department of Labor and Industries related to meal break compensation.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
From Centene's board beating a $1.3 billion Medicaid fraud lawsuit, to a Pennsylvania hospital accusing a bed maker of anticompetitive behavior, here are 10 healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements, and legal developments Becker's has reported since July 8:
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has filed a motion in Providence County Superior Court to hold Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings in contempt for a refusal to comply with a court order to pay $17 million in unpaid bills…
Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, Calif., was recently fined $75,000 for inadequate obstetric care that led to an infant's death in 2016, The San Diego Union Tribune reported July 15.
A medical marketer was sentenced to two years and five months in prison and ordered to pay more than $59 million in restitution for his role in a scheme that defrauded Tricare and other federal healthcare programs.
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A Maine law that increases charges for assaults on medical and nonmedical staff while providing emergency medical care appears to have done very little, Portland Press Herald reported July 14.
The former CFO of Loretto Hospital in Chicago is among three individuals charged in an indictment alleging involvement in a $15 million embezzlement scheme.
Police have arrested a man who allegedly fired a gun inside St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., local authorities confirmed to Becker's.
A former Georgia insurance commissioner was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, the Justice Department said July 12.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago has been hit with a federal class action lawsuit over a data breach that affected 792,000 patients. The lawsuit also alleges that the hospital waited almost five months to inform individuals…