Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has paused its effort to evict Lee Health from the Golisano Children’s Health Center in Naples, Fla., providing a temporary reprieve in a high-stakes dispute that threatened access to pediatric care for tens of thousands of…
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The Federal Trade Commission has temporarily halted its antitrust case against several top pharmacy benefit managers including Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and Optum Rx, due to a lack of participating commissioners. The administrative adjudication will remain paused for at least…
Medical service providers in Texas have agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve allegations of improper billing for imaging services. In an April 2 news release, the Justice Department said Desert Imaging Services, In Tandem Solutions Group and Leroy Candelaria…
Attorney General Pamela Bondi is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two…
A federal judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen unit to pay $1.64 billion for illegally promoting HIV drugs Prezista and Intelence. U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi imposed a $360 million penalty and $1.28 billion in civil fines, to be…
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A federal judge has dismissed Amgen’s lawsuit against Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board, allowing the state to move forward with setting price ceilings on prescription drugs, The Denver Post reported March 31. U.S. District Judge Nina Wang ruled March 28…
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the FDA does not have the authority to regulate laboratory developed tests as medical devices, striking down the agency’s recently finalized rule. The decision, issued in the U.S. District Court for the…
New era of anti-corruption enforcement The second Trump administration has issued executive orders (EO) to quickly shift enforcement priorities, including anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC) laws. In a recent EO, President Trump paused Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement for a…
The Justice Department has launched an anticompetitive regulations task force, aimed at identifying and eliminating federal and state regulations that hinder market competition — including in healthcare. The initiative will operate within the DOJ’s antitrust division and expand ongoing efforts…
The U.S. government has reached a $550,000 settlement with the Prometheus Group, a New Hampshire-based manufacturer of rectal therapeutic systems, and its president, Richard Poore, over allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. The lawsuit alleged Prometheus and Mr.…