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Nurse sues NY hospital after allegedly being forced to help with abortion
A New York City nurse has sued Mount Sinai Hospital after she was allegedly forced to assist with a late term abortion in contravention of her religious beliefs. The nurse, Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo,... Read more...
IL health systems settle suit alleging overcharges to uninsured
Two large Illinois health systems have agreed to settle lawsuits alleging that they overcharged thousands of uninsured patients and failed to provide adequate financial assistance. The systems,... Read more...
CA surgeon acquitted of hastening patient death
California transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh could hardly have faced uglier charges. Roozrokh, 34, was accused of hastening the death of Ruben Navarro, a 25-year old man with multiple... Read more...
FL hospital cited for two deaths in three days
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
