CMS issued a document that outlines state requirements for covering the cost of COVID-19 testing for uninsured Americans, and lists flexibilities that states can use to meet the requirements.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed two lawsuits against Walgreens and Rite Aid this week, claiming they failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of controlled substances and ordered excessive amounts of opioids to their pharmacies in the state.
From a Georgia health system facing a lawsuit related to a data breach to an employee suing a South Carolina health system for discrimination, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits making headlines.
Six female physicians, who filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against a Yale University anesthesiologist and professor in March, have amended their complaint with additional allegations.
An OB-GYN is suing St. Joseph Hospital of Orange (Calif.) over her suspension that occurred after she posted a video online in March about other healthcare workers not socially distancing, according to the Orange County Register.
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Uncertainty induced by COVID-19 is complicating the job of health plan actuaries, who are currently making financial decisions about costs, premiums and benefits for 2021. Steven Lieberman, a nonresident fellow at the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, expects actuaries…
CMS released a proposed rule May 29 to change the methodology of HHS' risk adjustment data validation, or RADV, program.
A Prisma Health employee in South Carolina has filed a lawsuit against the network, alleging workplace racial discrimination, sexual discrimination, retaliation and defamation, according to court documents cited by The Greenville News.
From six Blue Cross Blue Shield companies suing CVS Health to an emergency room physician suing PeaceHealth, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits making headlines.
An emergency room physician who was fired after criticizing his hospital's coronavirus response is suing Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, its COO Richard DeCarlo and national medical staffing firm TeamHealth.