A 57-year-old woman died Monday after she was arrested and forcibly removed by police from a Florida hospital, where her family says she was denied care, according to a Tallahassee Democrat report.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has agreed to pay the federal government and the state of Georgia $2 million to settle allegations medically unnecessary heart procedures were performed at an HCA hospital in Georgia.
Boston-based Steward Health Care and New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health System are involved in a bitter battle over market share, and their dispute landed in federal court this week, according to the Boston Globe.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has joined the Federal Trade Commission in seeking to block the planned merger between Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem — a deal that would create the largest health…
As 2015 draws to a close, hospitals are facing a significant number of changes, including new developments in value-based payment and a changing regulatory environment. Three broad categories of transaction trends emerged in 2015. These trends were likely influenced by…
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After five-years of negotiations and more than two years of litigation, Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare and University of Louisville have ended a dispute over Kosair Children's Hospital.
A cardiologist in Westlake, Ohio, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for performing unnecessary catheterizations, tests and stent insertions, and causing unnecessary coronary artery bypass surgeries as part of a scheme to overbill Medicare and private insurers by…
As the Dec. 31 negotiation deadline approaches in the contract dispute between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and Tuscon, Ariz.-based Carondelet Health Network, county officials advocated for a quick resolution at a board meeting Wednesday.
From 32 hospitals agreeing to settle False Claims Act allegations to a pharmacy owner being sentenced to prison for his role in a $21 million Medicare fraud scheme, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Thirty-two hospitals — including hospitals from systems such as Phoenix-based Banner Health, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems — have agreed to pay the federal government more than $28 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, according…