Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle is joining the widow of a man who contracted a fatal infection from a scope in a lawsuit against medical scope manufacturer Olympus America, according to a report from The Seattle Times.
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Legislation to increase Medicare-supported residency slots in teaching hospitals was introduced this week by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Harry Reid (D-NV) in the U.S. Senate, and by Representatives Joe Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx) and Charles Boustany (R-LA) in…
Hospira Worldwide, a medical supply company based in Lake Forest, Ill., has filed a lawsuit against Dunn, N.C.-based Harnett Health System, claiming the health system failed to pay for more than $123,000 in medical supplies, according to Triangle Business Journal.
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine examined 124 medical malpractice cases at an academic medical center in Texas and found 88.7 percent of the cases included nondisclosure agreements.
A recent survey of healthcare industry executives by Littler Mendelson, a labor and employment law firm, revealed the vast majority of executives are concerned about the government's continued focus on prosecuting healthcare fraud, and executives are taking a number of…
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From a man suing a Florida hospital after his amputated leg was found in the garbage to a physician claiming HCA was able to beat his antitrust appeal by improperly influencing a judge, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits…
A physician has filed a lawsuit claiming Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings beat his antitrust appeal due to Ninth Circuit Judge Jay Bybee being improperly assigned to the case.
Health insurer UnitedHealthcare will pay $11.5 million to resolve allegations it systematically denied payments to physicians to achieve financial targets, according to a Triad Business Journal report.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System's appeal of the ruling that blocked its acquisition of Maumee, Ohio-based St. Luke's Hospital.
Although the practicality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act being fully repealed becomes less likely as more time passes and more of its provisions are adopted, there is still a great deal of doubt surrounding the law. If…