Legal & Regulatory Issues

When a 52-year-old man with an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot wound arrived at Reston (Va.) Hospital Center at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and found the doors locked, he forced his way in for treatment, according to a local news report from…

As the U.S. Department of Justice reviews Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna's proposed acquisition of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana, the Kentucky insurance commissioner has approved the merger without a formal public hearing, according to Insider Louisville.

Henry Lora, MD, the former director of a Miami-area medical clinic, has pleaded guilty for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme that cost the government more than $20 million.

There are several key steps healthcare leaders can take to lessen the chances of being hit with a whistle-blower lawsuit under the False Claims Act.

The lawyer of a patient who was shot at Lynchburg (Va.) General Hospital by a guard after a fight in January says the video of the shooting shows the guard used excessive force, according to a WSET report.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC has tentatively agreed to pay $12.5 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit that was filed more than five years ago, according to a Trib Live report.

From a surgeon in Kentucky being charged with making a terrorist threat to Blue Cross being hit with an antitrust lawsuit, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has struck down a federal regulation that made it difficult for hospitals to claim they were "rural" for some purposes and "urban" for others, according to Reuters.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina experienced systematic problems throughout the month of January, and North Carolina insurance commissioner Wayne Goodwin says the problem is far from being fixed, according to ABC11.

The anti-abortion activists responsible for creating "undercover" videos of Planned Parenthood have both turned themselves in to authorities and posted bond.