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FL hospital cited for two deaths in three days

August 26, 2008 — 1:41pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Tampa General Hospital came under investigation recently after two psych patients were able to kill themselves within three days. The hospital is being sued by at least one of the dead patient's... Read more...

Suit says kickbacks paid to PA doctors

August 14, 2008 — 10:47am ET | By Anne Zieger
A Monroeville, PA-based medical supply company has filed suit against a handful of the industry's largest players, contending that the bigger players made kickback payments to local doctors to... Read more...

GA doctors sue state for access to contract terms

August 5, 2008 — 12:29pm ET | By Anne Zieger
For the last few years, a group of physicians has been working to force the health insurer administering Georgia's state employee health benefits plan to disclose what it pays physicians around the... Read more...

Court pitches massive award over peer review process

July 25, 2008 — 10:56am ET | By Anne Zieger
An appeals court has reversed a big jury award to a Dallas doctor who said he was harmed by a hospital's peer view process, greatly relieving physicians who feared that they, too, would be targeted... Read more...

U.S. seeks to throw out suit against VA hospital

July 22, 2008 — 11:59pm ET | By Anne Zieger
The federal government is attempting to get a federal judge to throw out one of a pair of lawsuits filed by Kentucky women claiming that their husbands were killed by improper surgical care at a... Read more...

Duke University Health sued over dirty surgical instruments

July 2, 2008 — 11:32am ET | By Anne Zieger
A group of 18 patients who had operations at Duke University Health System hospitals in 2004 have sued the institution, which exposed the patients to surgical instruments which were mistakenly washed... Read more...

DC sues area Blue plan, demands it donate millions to community

June 26, 2008 — 12:37am ET | By Anne Zieger
The government of Washington, DC, has launched a two-pronged attack on the region's largest health plan, filing a suit alleging that the non-profit plan must donate millions to the community, while... Read more...

Struggling GA hospital faces physician suit

April 28, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Of late, Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital has largely been in the news due to its precarious  financial state. But this week, the hospital is drawing attention for a million-dollar suit filed by a... Read more...

Charity sues RI hospital over century-old free bed

April 21, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Here's one of the more unusual charity care disputes I've ever seen. A local charity is suing Rhode Island Hospital over a century-old gift intended to create a permanent "free bed" at the... Read more...

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