Stories about physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in lawsuits—as either a plaintiff or a defendant—or accused of breaking the law. Various legal updates or unusual stories in the news may land here.
The shiny Tesla Cybertruck cost $100,000. Its owner, Kevin Curry, 64, was convicted by a federal jury for his role in orchestrating a kickback scheme to defraud the military healthcare program. He awaits sentencing.
Five beneficiaries of the safety-net healthcare program have sued with the support of the National Health Law Program. They are joined by prestigious industry lobbies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Plaintiffs allege Anne Arundel Medical Center in Maryland, the target of the data breach, had a server containing unencrypted patient data that hackers were able to access during the breach. The hospital and its parent health system are still recovering from the incident.
In a complaint, a California doctor accused his former employer and colleagues of making false statements to damage his reputation. The hospital argued, successfully, that the internist failed to exhaust internal dispute resolution procedures that could have stopped him from losing income.
The judge did not rule that Cigna was justified in refusing to pay but did agree that, under provisions of the NSA, federal courts have no right to compel payments.
The patient, Mathew Williamson, says his history of cardiac issues should have been known to Kaiser, who missed symptoms of a serious issue that led to him suffering cardiac arrest in May 2025.
Following the criminal sentencing of a morgue manager and his wife in December 2025, the prestigious medical school has agreed to put to rest two class action lawsuits related to the body part selling ring.
Ellis Medicine and St. Peter’s Health Partners spent years discussing a merger. After those discussions were abandoned, however, things got ugly between the two New York health systems. The services of 27 cardiologists are at the center of this ongoing dispute.
While LifeStance Health maintains it did not knowingly do anything wrong and is committed to the privacy of its patients, it has agreed to make sure that no third-party tracking technologies are running on its website.
The prosecution has until Oct. 9 to respond to the defense's motion to dismiss. Attorneys representing Luigi Mangione, the man who confessed in federal court to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, argue that a second trial would violate their client’s civil rights.
The agency is looking into claims that the EHR vendor is blocking data access to its over 300 million patient records. If true, such actions would violate federal regulations.
The lawsuit was filed by two major institutional investors who blame company leadership for the 2024 breach on Change Healthcare and accuse executives of facilitating alleged Medicare billing fraud.