Short-term health plans may compete with ACA complaint coverage
Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Leon has issued a ruling that could help issuers, distributors and purchasers of short-term health
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Legal Actions/Court Decisions
Reckitt Benckiser Agrees To Pay $1.4 Billion In Opioid Settlement
(By Brian Mann for NPR) British company Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to resolve all U.S. government
Read MoreDrugmakers engaged in price-fixing cover-up, lawsuit claims
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) A wide-reaching lawsuit unsealed June 24 claims Teva Pharmaceuticals, subsidiaries of Pfizer and
Read MoreNIH has referred 16 allegations of foreign influence on U.S. research to investigators
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) The National Institutes of Health has referred 16 allegations related to foreign influence of U.S.-funded
Read MoreSupreme Court rules in favor of hospitals on Medicare reimbursements
On Monday, June 3rd, the Supreme Court ruled that an Obama-era rule change on how Medicare reimbursements to hospitals are
Read MoreOklahoma’s ‘Precedent-Setting’ Suit Puts Opioid Drugmakers On Trial
(By Jackie Fortier, Statelmpact, Oklahoma for Kaiser Health News) All eyes will be on Oklahoma this week when the first
Read MorePatients sue HCA over emergency room ‘cover charge’
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Three patients who received emergency care at hospitals operated by HCA Healthcare are
Read MoreGilead struck anti-competitive deals to bolster profits on an HIV drug, lawsuit says
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) In a bid to maintain its dominance in the HIV market, Gilead Sciences (GILD) allegedly
Read MoreDrugmakers accused of price fixing
According to a lawsuit filed by 44 U.S. states on Friday in the U.S. District Court in Connecticut, 20 drug
Read MorePharmaceutical Company Agrees to Pay $17.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Kickbacks to Medicare Patients and Physicians
(Source – www.justice.gov) The Justice Department announced today that US WorldMeds LLC (USWM) has agreed to pay $17.5 million to
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