An appeals hearing between ProMedica and the Federal Trade Commission has been scheduled for Feb. 6. The hearing, which was filed for on Jan. 9, is related to ProMedica’s acquisition of St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, in 2010. An…
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Sean Champion, MD, a general surgeon, has filed a suit against Booneville (Ark.) Community Hospital alleging the hospital breached his contract, according to a Times Record report.
The federal criminal trial of Stryker, a medical device manufacturer, has begun in Boston, according to a Bloomberg News report.
A U.S. district court has denied Daytona, Fla.-based Halifax Health’s request for an injunction and is allowing a whistleblower complaint to move forward, according to a court order from District Judge Gregory Presnell. Halifax contended that the whistleblower — who…
CVS Caremark has agreed to pay $5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it misrepresented the prices of certain Medicare Part D prescription drugs at CVS and Walgreens pharmacies. These allegedly deceptive claims caused many senior citizens and…
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Three former executives from Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans are subject to a civil injunctive action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal report. The complaint names former CEO Todd Farha, former CFO Paul…
A group of 480 lawmakers representing every state is expected to file a brief today that asks the Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Hill. The Supreme Court is…
For the first time since President Barack Obama signed a two-month extension of payroll tax cuts and the Medicare sustainable growth rate, Republican and Democrat Congressional staff members held a bipartisan meeting yesterday to work on a longer fix, according…
Dipak Das, Phd — a University of Connecticut researcher who reported positive effects of the chemical resveratrol, which is found in red wine — allegedly falsified some of his data, according to a New York Times report.
Gary Newsome, the CEO of Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates, has said there is “no merit whatsoever” to a lawsuit that has caused the company to lose a fifth of its value in two days, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek…