The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee advanced a bundle of bills May 11 aimed at lowering drug costs and regulating pharmacy benefit managers.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a package of "medical freedom" legislation into law May 11, including a law that prohibits businesses and government entities from requiring people to provide proof of vaccination or mandate they wear a mask to gain…
North Kansas City (Mo.) Hospital was cleared in a case involving a 51-year-old man who died of pancreatitis, Missouri Lawyers Media reported May 10.
The family of Edward Bronstein reached a $24 million settlement with the state of California, the California Highway Patrol and other parties, CNN reported May 11.
Bradenton, Fla.-based MCR Health settled with HHS after a woman who is deaf complained she was not given auxiliary aids or an interpreter when attending her husband's postsurgical medical appointment as his companion.
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The family of a man who died of an undiagnosed and untreated aortic aneurysm and dissection in 2018 was awarded $29 million by a jury, Boston.com reported May 10.
After EHR supplier NextGen said a data breach compromised information of 1 million patients, four lawsuits were filed against the company, according to court documents.
A Kansas physician pleaded guilty to ordering $16 million worth of unnecessary genetic tests and orthotic braces for more than 3,000 patients in a telehealth fraud scheme.
Some physicians in Nevada are concerned proposed legislation to significantly increase the limit on damages a plaintiff can recover in malpractice suits would exacerbate the state's physician shortage if it became law, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported May 9.
A contract worker at Anderson Regional Medical Center was arrested May 8 after she allegedly brandished a handgun inside the Meridian, Miss.-based hospital, according to ABC affiliate WTOK.