The Indiana Legislature could tackle prior authorizations in its next session, the Indiana Capital Chronicle reported Nov. 14. 

San Francisco-based Dignity Health is suing several patients in California for trespassing after they allegedly refused to be discharged, KFF Health News reported Nov. 15. 

A patient who sued the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics for allegedly sharing medical information with Facebook might seek to settle after a judge threw out the case, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Nov. 14.

The House on Nov. 14 passed a continuing resolution that would avert a government shutdown until early next year, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association. 

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health is claiming that Mattel, the toy and entertainment company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, never followed through with a pledged $49 million donation, the Los Angeles Times reported Nov. 14.

Columbia University and its affiliated hospital in New York City have released an apology and response plan after an obstetrician/gynecologist affiliated with the institutions was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing patients.

Michael Joyner, MD, a physician who was suspended by Mayo Clinic after publicly criticizing the National Institutes of Health, filed a lawsuit against the Rochester, Minn.-based system for allegedly violating his protected speech.

The founder of a Missouri-based Christian healthcare sharing ministry pleaded guilty to his role in a $8 million scheme that cheated hundreds of the ministry's members. 

Medical group leaders overwhelmingly said their overall regulatory burden increased over the past 12 months, according to a Nov. 13 report from the Medical Group Management Association survey. 

VCU Health's abandoned downtown Richmond, Va., development project, which has left the health system on the hook for approximately $80 million, will be investigated by state officials, according to a Nov. 14 Richmond BizSense report.

A Colorado man who entered a children's hospital with a handgun has been sentenced to 33 months in prison.

Two Maryland physicians accused of attempting to help Russia by sharing patient medical records are set for retrial Nov. 27, CBS News reported Nov. 13.

The teen whose family won a $261 million verdict against St. Petersburg, Fla-based Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital has filed a criminal complaint alleging sexual abuse while at the hospital, the Daily Mail reported.

From a jury awarding $261 million to a family that sued a Johns Hopkins hospital in a case made famous by a Netflix documentary, to Rady Children's facing a lawsuit alleging it secretly recorded a patient and her family, here are six hospital lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker's has reported since Nov. 7:

The owner of a Louisiana hospice facility was convicted on all 23 counts against him for his role in a $62 million Medicare fraud scheme. 

West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health purchased Pottstown (Pa.) Hospital in 2017 from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems but remains in dispute with the original owner over the alleged condition of the facility at the time of the sale, according to a CHS filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Anthony Coleman, DHA, recently resigned from his role as CEO of Des Moines, Iowa-based Broadlawns Medical Center. He had already accepted another position before signing an $800,000 settlement agreement with Broadlawns — but the hospital says it was unaware he had taken a new job when the document was inked. 

A group of health systems from across the country is seeking to block the Health Resources and Services Administration from reinstating a registration policy for offsite clinics of 340B-eligible hospitals they allege will cost billions if left unchecked. 

Mark Scheinberg, a past owner of for-profit Stone Academy, the shuttered Connecticut nursing school — and one of the defendants in a current lawsuit against it — responded to a complaint arguing that despite findings of noncompliance, the state had "no reasonable basis to demand the closure of Stone Academy." 

Attorneys  fees totaling almost $1 million, which will be borne by the bankrupt hospital, "shock the conscience" in the sale of Mercy Iowa City hospital, a bankruptcy trustee said, according to a Nov. 9 report from The Gazette.