Legal & Regulatory Issues

As recently as 40 years ago, healthcare law as a specialty didn't exist. The legal landscape is markedly different today, with many large firms including health law practice groups and many hospitals hiring large in-house attorney staffs to provide oversight…

Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield, Mass., is facing lawsuits from 25 colonoscopy patients who say they were potentially exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in 2012 and 2013 through improperly disinfected equipment, according to the Boston Herald.

A new piece of legislation in Colorado could force fees on low-wage, large-scale employers that don't offer employees health insurance, according to The Denver Post.

At least eight people have been charged with a conspiracy to divert hundreds of thousands of dollars from Cleveland-based MetroHealth System in an intricate scheme that included the creation of dozens of fraudulent corporations pretending to be hospital vendors, according…

A whistleblower can proceed with a lawsuit that alleges HealthNet and IU Health provided substandard care to low-income pregnant women and fraudulently billed for medical consultations, a federal judge decided, according to the Indy Star.

Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Alexian Brothers Health System has been hit with a lawsuit alleging its billing policies violate the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act, according to The Cook County Record.

Exeter (N.H.) Hospital is seeking compensation from a staffing and an accreditation agency for settlements Exeter paid to 188 patients who tested negative after a 2012 hepatitis C outbreak, reports Seacoast Online.

Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center in Battle Creek, Mich., which closed in December 2014, has agreed to a $125,000 settlement to resolve claims it improperly billed Medicare for unnecessary medical treatment to patients, according to MiBiz.

The Association of American Medical Colleges and a couple other university-based organizations are deeply concerned about a subpoena from a House panel asking for the identities of researchers, students, trainees, healthcare providers and other staff with any connection or involvement…

From nine hospitals suing Molina Healthcare of Florida over $88 million in reimbursements to the U.S. Supreme Court exploring a compromise in a case on the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements.