An appeals court has confirmed NorthShore University HealthSystem did not have to bill Medicare for an accident victim's medical tab, before putting a lien on a third-party's insurance company.
The class action lawsuit accused NorthShore University Health System of illegally firing workers who were refused religious exemptions to the hospital system's workplace Covid vaccine mandate
Lawyers for plaintiffs suing NorthShore University Healthsystem over its employee COVID vaccine mandate assert 'several hundred' workers have been improperly fired after NorthShore allegedly improperly refused their requests for religious exemption from the company's COVID vaccine mandate for hospital workers
A class action lawsuit in federal court claims NorthShore is illegally discriminating against religious employees who object to COVID vaccines, violating their rights to religious exemptions under state and federal law.
NorthShore University Health System wants a judge to strip the class-action status from an antitrust lawsuit against the hospital chain, which alleges NorthShore’s acquisition of a suburban hospital rubbed out competition and jacked up prices for patients, saying the sole remaining class representative has no standing to push the suit, because he suffered no injury.
A married couple are suing Dr. Steven L. Blum, NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Group and NorthShore University HealthSystem for alleged negligence.
A worker has filed a class action lawsuit against NorthShore University HealthSystem for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
A woman is suing NorthShore University HealthSystem, ManorCare of Northbrook IL LLC, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern Memorial Hospital for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries.
An individual is suing Dr. Lynn Martin, NorthShore Medical Group, NorthShore University HealthSystem and NorthShore Physician Associates Inc. for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries.
A woman is suing several companies, individuals and health providers for alleged liability and negligence after she was sickened by E. coli contaminated food.
Saying the basis for the suit has been amputated by Illinois’ highest court, NorthShore University Health System is asking a Cook County judge to dismiss a class-action suit, which demanded hospitals be made to pay back Illinois property taxpayers who have allegedly overpaid because, the plaintiffs allege, the state’s hospitals have wrongly enjoyed tax-exempt status.
A patient is suing NorthShore University HealthSystem and Jeffrey A. Grinblatt M.D.for allegedly taking insufficient measures to timely diagnosis him with cancer after Grinblatt reportedly cancelled the analysis of a prostate screening without notifying the patient.
A Chicago federal judge has moved to formally block the attempted merger between Advocate and NorthShore, two of the Chicago area’s largest hospital operators, granting federal regulators’ request for an injunction and likely scuttling the merger.
CHICAGO – Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem have said that despite an appeals court ruling against their proposed merger, they will still seek to merge. But how that can happen in light of the court ruling remains unclear.
A federal appeals court has put a proposed merger of Advocate and NorthShore University health systems back on hold, saying a federal judge who earlier this summer had denied government regulators’ requests for an injunction had not properly considered how large and influential the proposed new health system could be on raising health care prices in the region the new system would serve.
As it attempts to stop the merger of the Advocate and NorthShore health systems in Illinois, the Federal Trade Commission scored a possibly influential win in Pennsylvania as the regulatory body continues its campaign to keep healthcare systems as competitive as possible.
