Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks To Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Medicare paid for Betty Gordon’s knee replacement surgery in March, but the 72-year-old
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Legal Actions/Court Decisions
Three pharmaceutical companies settle with California over deals to keep generic medications off the market
According to the California attorney general’s office, two pharmaceutical companies will pay the state of California a total of nearly
Read MoreFederal Suit Alleges ‘Staggering’ Urine Drug Testing Fraud At Tennessee Pain Clinics
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) The Justice Department on Monday accused a defunct chain of Tennessee-based pain clinics
Read MoreShort-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
Read MoreReckitt 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
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