Legal & Regulatory Issues

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a discrimination and retaliation case against Athens (Ga.) Regional Medical Center brought by Joe Barnett, a former employee of the medical center.

VA hospitals across the country are under investigation due to allegations of treatment delays resulting in patient deaths and leaders falsifying records. The problem is so wide-spread it has caused Congress to act by attempting to enact legislation that would…

An $89 million judgment has been entered against Wasfi Makar, MD, for violations of the False Claims Act, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

The former CEO of Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare, Todd Farha, has been sentenced to three years in prison for healthcare fraud, according to the Department of Justice.

Philadelphia-based Young Law Group has released a report that shows there were more than $300 million awarded to whistle-blowers who brought claims under the False Claims Act in fiscal year 2014.

Kansas City, Mo.-based Midwest Women's Healthcare Specialists, part of Research Medical Center, has experienced a data breach involving at least 70 patients' records being blown out of a trash dumpster and scattered down the street, according to a KSHB report.

The Medicaid Self-Referral Act of 2014, introduced by Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), seeks to provide clarification on the Stark Law and how it applies to Medicaid-designated health services.

A recent poll has found 71 percent of California voters support an initiative that has qualified for the November ballot to raise the pain-and-suffering damages cap in medical malpractice cases from $250,000 to $1.1 million, according to a Sacramento Business…

A California voter initiative to raise the pain-and-suffering damages cap in medical malpractice cases from $250,000 to $1.1 million has qualified for the November ballot, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

A $6.1 million fraud judgment against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has been upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, according to a National Law Review article.