Minnesota filed a lawsuit against CMS and HHS, as well as their respective leaders, Mehmet Oz, MD, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., regarding $243.8 million in deferred Medicaid funds, according to March 2 documents filed through the U.S. District Court…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The New York State Attorney General has ordered New York City-based NYU Langone Health to restore its transgender youth health program, less than two weeks after the hospital said it was discontinuing the program for adolescents. “You are hereby advised…
K. Craig Kent, MD, former CEO of Charlottesville-based UVA Health, has filed a defamation lawsuit against a law firm in connection with his departure from the health system. He is seeking about $34 million damages. Here are five things to…
Indiana lawmakers have passed legislation banning health insurers from penalizing hospitals for using out-of-network providers, a direct rebuke of Elevance Health in its home state. The bill received final legislative approval on Feb. 26 and now heads to Gov. Mike…
On Feb. 25, physician staffing groups filed a federal antitrust lawsuit in California against the BCBS Association and over 30 of its licensees — along with plan owners Elevance Health, Highmark, GuideWell, Cambia Health Solutions and Health Care Service Corp.…
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The Oregon Senate voted Feb. 24 in favor of a bill that, if passed, would require hospitals to treat a patient’s citizenship or immigration status the same as protected health information. The Healthcare Without Fear Act will need to pass…
CMS is freezing $259.5 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing unsupported or potentially fraudulent claims in the state’s program. “We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota…
Phoenix-based Southwest Orthopedic and Spine Hospital — doing business as Oasis Hospital — has agreed to pay $5.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by maintaining improper financial relationships with a referring physician group. The…
California, Pennsylvania and 13 other states filed a lawsuit Feb. 24 against HHS, alleging the agency’s recent changes to the CDC’s vaccine recommendations were illegal. In early January, HHS transformed the CDC’s childhood immunization schedule, which previously recommended vaccines for…
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will settle a lawsuit a federal agency filed in 2021, which accused the health system of discriminating against employees with disabilities, for $450,000. The lawsuit alleged Geisinger, the system’s foundation and one of its hospitals in Wilkes-Barre,…