In a complaint first filed in 2021, the plaintiffs said not-for-profit Providence Health & Services used an illegal time-clock policy to steal owed pay of more than $98 million from workers over the course of several years.

“The alleged conduct of this physician is so egregious, only the permanent revocation of his license could adequately protect the public from the risks posed by his return to practice," one official said.

The bipartisan American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) would allow consumers to access and delete much of their personal data being held by private companies.

The class action lawsuit was filed in Japan to raise public awareness about the state of Google reviews, many of which the plaintiffs claim are fake.

The incident happened in 2018 when clinicians at Reading Hospital failed to recognize fetal distress and respond accordingly.

According to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, 21% of all healthcare bankruptcies in 2023 involved organizations owned by financial firms.

The doctor, 76, admitted to billing multiple insurance providers for office visits that never happened at all.

The case dates to March 2020, when the University of South Florida Foundation filed suit against the Marlborough, Massachusetts-based company, which later countersued.