The Trump administration’s proposed overhaul of federal grantmaking has drawn nearly 99,000 public comments, with the July 13 deadline to submit comments now days away. The Office of Management and Budget’s proposal, published in the Federal Register on May 29,…
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Pacifica Hospital of the Valley in Sun Valley, Calif., sought Chapter 11 protection July 4, according to documents obtained by Becker’s. The 231-bed acute care facility has provided care for more than three decades, according to its website. It has…
Topeka, Kan.-based Stormont Vail Health and Kansas Legal Services have reached an agreement to resolve 11 medical debt lawsuits filed by the health system. The collection cases spanned five Kansas counties and sought payment for outstanding medical bills from patients…
CVS Health and its long-term care pharmacy subsidiary, Omnicare, have reached a Justice Department settlement with a $440 million floor. The settlement would resolve a false claims case that resulted in a nearly $950 million judgment. A jury had previously…
The law firm representing the shuttered Oak Park, Ill.-based West Suburban Medical Center’s parent company, Resilience Healthcare, on July 6 filed a motion to withdraw its counsel, according to court documents obtained by Becker’s. Momkus LLP’s motion pointed to “fundamental…
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to investigate Mission (Texas) Regional Medical Center over allegations it marketed “birth tourism” packages to foreign nationals seeking U.S. citizenship for their children. In a July 7…
Tampa General (Fla.) Hospital has sued Eli Lilly and Lilly USA, alleging the drugmaker’s decision to cut off the hospital’s 340B pricing access violates Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. According to the July 2 complaint, filed in the…
Three federal lawsuits are forming a tapestry of litigation related to the future of the ACA marketplace. In recent years, CMS has pitched rules focused on promoting marketplace “integrity” by tightening eligibility, altering enrollment periods and narrowing subsidy access, to…
Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit brought by a patient who alleged an eight-month delay in diagnosing her breast cancer after a radiologist interpreted her imaging as normal, according…
Elevance Health is suing CMS over its 2026 Medicare Advantage star ratings, arguing the agency gave competitor Clover Health a favorable recalculation after losing a court case to the insurer in May. In its July 1 complaint filed in the…