Supreme 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
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Legal Actions/Court Decisions
Oklahoma’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
Read MoreFlorida healthcare exec convicted in $1.3B fraud case
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Philip Esformes, who operated a network of more than 30 skilled nursing homes
Read MoreBiotech accuses Dr. Soon-Shiong of orchestrating a ‘catch and kill’ scheme to protect cancer drug
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) A California biotech claims that the controversial billionaire biotech entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD,
Read MoreDeath By A Thousand Clicks
(By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry, Fortune for Kaiser Health News) The pain radiated from the top of Annette Monachelli’s
Read MoreOpioid Litigation Brings Company Secrets Into The Public Eye
(By Brian Mann for NPR) America’s big drugmakers and pharmacy chains are scrambling to respond to hundreds of lawsuits tied
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