Pittsburgh-based Highmark has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that claims Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System conspired to destroy UPMC, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
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State Sen. Ben Nevers has criticized Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division and Gov. Bobby Jindal for staff and service cuts at LSU's Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence, La., claiming LSU and the governor do…
The American Center for Law and Justice, a pro-life legal group, has announced it has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging HHS' requirement that employers must provide health insurance with coverage for contraceptives to their employees.
The American Hospital Association has written a friend-of-court brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the Federal Trade Commission's challenge to Phoebe Putney Health System's proposed acquisition of Palmyra Park Hospital in Albany, Ga.
Attorneys for Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Del., have reached a $123 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by victims of a former pedophile pediatrician who held privileges at the hospital, according to a Washington Post report.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has cost states and private companies $27.6 billion to date, and five states will endure at least $1 billion in regulatory costs stemming from the law, according to a new analysis from the…
Hospitals and medical facilities made up more than one-third of the subjects in civil fraud investigations in 2010, making these facilities the most frequent type of subject, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Eighteen hospitals from the south Florida and Tampa Bay area are challenging a regulation that determines compensation for the treatment of undocumented immigrants in emergency departments, according to a News-Press report.
The FDA is recommending healthcare professionals not use any products by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., due to potentially contaminated medication causing a fungal meningitis outbreak, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
A member of the advisory board of The Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers, part of Fort Myers-based Lee Memorial Health System, has resigned due to a possible conflict of interest with a construction contract, according to a…