Senate Parliamentarian Upends GOP Hopes For Health Bill
(By Julie Rovner for Kaiser Health News) The official rules keeper in the Senate Friday tossed a bucket of cold
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Legal Actions/Court Decisions
In Appalachia, Two Hospital Giants Seek State-Sanctioned Monopoly
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Looking out a fourth-floor window of his hospital system’s
Read MoreFeds announce largest-ever crackdown on opioid-related health care fraud
(By David Armstrong for STAT) Federal law enforcement agencies announced Thursday what they called “the largest opioid-related fraud takedown in
Read MoreFDA finds rusty equipment at Vista Pharma drug plant
(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on July 5 issued a warning letter
Read MoreSuit accuses Blue Shield of California of wrongly denying mental health, rehab claims
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Two plaintiffs are accusing Blue Shield of California of improperly denying mental health
Read MoreFDA approves first new sickle cell drug in 20 years
(By Adam Feuerstein for STAT) The FDA approved a new medicine Friday to reduce the complications associated with sickle cell
Read MoreWill Illinois Need to Immediately Pay Down $2.8 Billion of Unpaid Medicaid Bills?
Today, June 30, 2017, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow will rule whether or not the state of Illinois will need
Read MoreRemoving Ineligible Family Members from the State Health Benefit Plan Could Save Money
The state of Georgia’s Department of Community Health, which administers Medicaid as well as the State Health Benefit Plan for
Read MoreWhich states filed for Section 1332 waivers?
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) Increased use of Section 1332 waivers — also known as State Innovation Waivers
Read MoreA Drug Quintupled in Price. Now, Drug Industry Players Are Feuding Over the Windfall.
(By Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times, May 31, 2017) A company that manages prescription drug
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