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Massachusetts lawmakers seek to ban REITs from owning hospitals
Massachusetts lawmakers are taking aim at real estate investment trusts amid Dallas-based Steward Health Care's ongoing financial troubles. -
Arkansas AG sues Optum, Express Scripts over alleged role in opioid epidemic
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a lawsuit June 24 against pharmacy benefit managers Optum Rx and Express Scripts for their alleged role in enabling the opioid epidemic in the state. -
Maine physician faces up to 300 years in prison for overprescribing opioids
A Maine physician was found guilty on 15 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances. -
Supreme Court to review Tennessee's gender-affirming care ban
The Supreme Court has agreed to assess the constitutionality of Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for people younger than 18, The Washington Post reported June 24. -
Sutter Health beats $519M double-billing allegations
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health beat a whistleblower's lawsuit alleging that the health system owed $519 million for double-billing expensive operating room services without documentation, Law360 reported June 20. -
Chicago healthcare company settles upcoding allegations
A Chicago-based healthcare company and its former owners agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. -
Medical device CEO sentenced to 6 years for 'dummy' products
The CEO of medical device company Stimwave on June 17 was sentenced to six years in prison for helping create and sell fake components for chronic pain devices implanted in patients. -
Texas physician convicted in $70M fraud scheme
A physician from Fredericksburg, Texas, was convicted by a jury for causing the submission of more than $70 million in fraudulent healthcare claims. -
Justice Department unseals documents in Texas Children's HIPAA violation case
The Justice Department unsealed documents related to Eithan Haim, MD, who is accused of violating HIPAA by leaking internal documents from Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital concerning gender-affirming services. -
FDA again delays Drug Supply Chain Security Act enforcement
Pharmacies with 25 or fewer full-time employees now have until late 2026 to fulfill requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, according to the FDA. -
10 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements
From the Supreme Court ruling in favor to the FDA to a judge ordering Prospect Medical to pay more than $17 million within 10 days, here are 10 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker's has reported since June 10: -
Judge slams California system as safety-net hospitals 'fall into disrepair'
Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings has come under fire for the alleged mismanagement of two of its safety-net hospitals in Providence, R.I. -
Illinois physician sentenced to 8 years in prison for Medicaid fraud scheme
An Illinois physician was sentenced to eight years in prison for a more than $1.2 million Medicaid fraud scheme. -
Nurse charged in Oregon hospital drug diversion case
A former nurse at the center of a drug diversion case that allegedly harmed dozens of patients at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Ore., was arrested June 13 and faces 44 counts of second-degree assault. The arrest comes after a seven-month investigation, Medford police said. -
California system accused of paying on-call employees below minimum wage
Madera, Calif.-based Valley Children's Healthcare is facing a lawsuit alleging it paid on-call employees less than minimum wage, The San Joaquin Valley Sun reported. -
Calif. pharmacist sentenced to 2 years prison in $1M fraud case
Paul Mansour, a pharmacist and co-owner of Best Buy Drugs in Sierra Madre, Calif., was sentenced June 12 to two years in prison after entering a guilty plea for billing more than $1 million in fraudulent claims for prescription drugs that were never given to patients. -
Supreme Court upholds FDA's mifepristone approval
A year and a half after four organizations and four physicians filed a lawsuit against the FDA's approval of mifepristone to terminate a pregnancy, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled June 13 in favor of the FDA. -
HCA Mission Hospital's immediate jeopardy removed
Asheville, N.C.-based HCA Mission Hospital has had its immediate jeopardy designation lifted, Blue Ridge Public Radio reported June 12. -
Labor union ordered to pay $6M+ to California HCA hospital
Service Employees International Union 121RN was ordered May 31 by a Los Angeles-based federal arbitrator to pay Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, $6.26 million in damages for holding an "unlawful strike" in June 2020. -
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes appeals fraud conviction
Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the now-defunct blood testing startup Theranos, is appealing her fraud conviction, according to CNN.
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