A federal appeals court ruled May 1 to strike down an FDA decision that allowed mail-order pharmacies to ship the abortion pill mifepristone. Two pharmaceutical companies have since appealed to the Supreme Court.  The lawsuit focuses on a 2021 FDA…

The Justice Department has launched a new healthcare fraud task force spanning Arizona, Nevada and Northern California.  The West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force brings together the department’s fraud division with U.S. attorney’s offices in the three districts. The…

Purdue Pharma has been sentenced and ordered to pay more than $5 billion in criminal penalties for its role in fueling the opioid epidemic. A federal court in Newark, N.J., ordered a criminal fine of $3.544 billion and an additional…

Medical liability insurance premiums increased nationwide for the seventh consecutive year in 2025, marking the longest sustained upward trend since the early 2000s, according to new research from the American Medical Association. AMA published two policy research reports on medical…

A House bill introduced April 20 by a bipartisan group of representatives, five of whom are also physicians, aims to tighten prior authorization timelines and impose stricter denial policies. “Medicare is a promise to America’s seniors that they will have dependable access…

One police officer has died and another is in critical condition after being shot by a patient April 25 at Endeavor Health’s Swedish Hospital in Chicago, according to the Chicago Police Department. A man was in law enforcement custody and…

A federal court has temporarily halted a Florida-based operation that the Federal Trade Commission alleges collected more than $91 million by deceiving consumers into purchasing fake health insurance coverage. The FTC filed its complaint April 7 in the U.S. District…

Ramco Healthcare Holdings, the landlord of two Chicago-area hospitals that closed in August 2025 and March 2026, respectively, has filed a lawsuit against the facilities’ operator, Resilience Healthcare, alleging financial mismanagement. Ramco’s lawsuit comes one week after Resilience had filed…

St. Louis-based Ascension has backed new federal legislation to improve the Medicare Advantage program and reduce barriers to senior care. The system endorsed the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act, or H.R. 8375, which seeks to address ongoing concerns about delays, denials…

Derrick Todd, MD, a former Boston-based Brigham and Women’s rheumatologist, is facing over 100 sexual assault charges involving nearly two dozen patients, The Boston Globe reported April 21. Dr. Todd worked at two Brigham and Women’s hospitals and a physician…