The Texas Medical Association has filed its fourth lawsuit against the federal No Surprises Act, this time challenging a 600 percent hike in administrative fees when seeking dispute resolutions.
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As Johnson & Johnson faces thousands of lawsuits over its now obsolete talc-based baby powder, an appeals court rejected the company's plan to use bankruptcy code Chapter 11 — which allows its unit to take the claims into bankruptcy —…
A district judge in Texas has dismissed a physician's $25 million defamation case against Houston Methodist Hospital and ordered her to pay attorney fees, according to a hospital statement shared with Becker's.
A nurse filed suit against Ballad Health, accusing the Johnson City, Tenn.-based system of requiring employees to work through unpaid meal breaks, court documents show.
Fired MetroHealth President and CEO Akram Boutros, MD, acted beyond his authority by awarding himself $1.98 million in bonuses, the Cleveland-based system said in a court filing, cleveland.com reported Jan. 30.
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A Florida-based marketer pleaded guilty to buying and selling more than 2.6 million Medicare beneficiary identification numbers and other personal identifying information.
Two New Mexico legislators are co-sponsoring a bill that aims to define and legally enforce nurse-to-patient ratios to help nurses, an overworked and understaffed group, Source New Mexico reported Jan. 30.
Anita Jackson, MD, 59, an otolaryngologist who practiced in Raleigh, N.C., faces prison time after being convicted of 20 counts, including adulterating medical devices and fabricating health records.
Four large Oregon health systems are squaring up with the Oregon Health Authority over their federal lawsuit they say protects the civil rights of patients with mental illness, KTVZ reported Jan. 26.
Montana's state legislature is steadily moving along a bill that aims to allow pharmacists more prescribing authority.