Legal & Regulatory Issues

A physician contracted to work in the lab at McLaren Port Huron (Mich.) Hospital has been charged in connection with incendiary devices placed in three trash cans at the facility, according to a Nov. 8 news release from the Port…

President-elect Joe Biden may have trouble implementing a key part of his healthcare plan: a public option.

A Connecticut medical practice has sued Cigna alleging the health insurer wrongfully refused to pay for members' COVID-19 testing, according to Law360. 

Mckesson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen and Johnson & Johnson have offered a $26 billion deal with states and local governments to end the thousands of lawsuits against the pharma companies for their roles in the opioid crisis, The New York Times…

A former patient has sued Baptist Emergency Hospital in San Antonio and its owner for allegedly fraudulently overcharging for lab work to generate higher reimbursements, according to a Nov. 5 report at MySanAntonio.

From a California health system paying $31.5 million to resolve a drug overbilling case to emergency room physicians accusing UnitedHealth of underpaying for out-of-network claims, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines. 

UnitedHealth Group must redo 67,000 medical claims for behavioral healthcare that it previously denied, a federal judge ordered Nov. 4. 

HHS published a proposed rule Nov. 4 that would require the department to assess certain regulations every decade to determine whether they're still necessary. 

Federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Court Judge Louise W. Flanagan to shut down Wilmington, N.C.-based pharmacy Seashore Drugs, alleging its owner and head pharmacist disregarded telltale signs of patient misuse when dispensing opioids, according to a report from local NBC…

Several emergency room physician practices in New York have filed a federal lawsuit alleging UnitedHealth Group and MultiPlan conspired to underpay out-of-network ER providers.