A long-running legal battle between San Diego-based Scripps Health and Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., has come to an end.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has filed a lawsuit in federal district court to stop HHS from implementing a regulation that would allow certain healthcare providers to purchase medications used for rare diseases and conditions at…
The health insurance exchanges ran into some technical problems during their first day of open enrollment yesterday because of heavier-than-expected Web traffic.
Some Kansas hospitals have said the state's decision earlier this year to move its Medicaid recipients onto a flat-fee managed care program called KanCare has led to delays in treatment and reimbursement, according to a report from The Topeka-Capital Journal.
The Federal Trade Commission is set to launch a formal inquiry into 25 wireless communications "patent trolls," or companies that buy patents and then take legal action against companies already using the patented technologies, according to a report from the…
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The following investigations, lawsuits, settlements or other legal developments involving healthcare providers were reported within the past month, beginning with the most recent.
Two hospitals under Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division changed their names as they came under private management by the Biomedical Research Foundation in Shreveport, La., Tuesday, according to Shreveport Times and News Star reports.
As anticipated, Americans aren't pleased with Congress' shutdown of the federal government. According to a new CNN poll, 87 percent of Americans disapprove of the job federal lawmakers are doing. Only 10 percent of Americans approve of federal lawmakers currently…
A federal judge ordered Sumter, S.C.-based Tuomey Healthcare System to pay $276.7 million in fines after a jury found the system and its physicians participated in a kickback scheme and submitted false Medicare claims, according to a WLTX and Law360…
The following are the latest issues that occurred between hospitals, health systems and payers within the past month, starting with the most recent.