Three patient advocacy groups are suing the U.S. government to challenge the legality of a federal rule that allows health insurers to not apply drugmakers' copay assistance toward patients' out-of-pocket cost obligations.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Medical manufacturer Philips agreed to settle for $4.2 million in a civil lawsuit with the U.S. military Aug. 30, according to the Justice Department.
HHS aimed to add some clarity to the nation's shifting abortion landscape in July when it issued guidance to hospitals underscoring that abortion is covered under a 36-year-old federal law requiring Medicare hospitals to provide all patients appropriate emergency care.…
The Pasadena, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine is facing accusations of racial discrimination for the second time since opening in summer 2020.
St. Louis-based Ascension Health and one of its hospitals in Florida have agreed to pay $19.7 million to thousands of workers to end wage disputes tied to a ransomware attack against Ultimate Kronos Group, a human resources and management company,…
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Boca Raton, Fla.-based chiropractor Jonathan Rouffe was sentenced to four years in prison for a $20 million scheme that resulted in more than $10 million in payments from both Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department…
A former executive at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, was arrested Aug. 25 for allegedly stealing $108,000 from the medical facility, according to the Alaska Beacon.
A Missouri physician was sentenced to one year in prison for a healthcare fraud scheme that involved injecting patients with cheaper, unapproved drugs.
Moderna filed a lawsuit Aug. 26 accusing Pfizer-BioNTech of using Moderna's patented mRNA technology for COVID-19 vaccines, according to court documents.
A Texas man has been sentenced to prison for threatening a Maryland physician who had supported the COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Justice Department said Aug. 24.