As the Justice Department probes admissions policies at several medical schools, the department said May 6 a yearlong investigation has found evidence of UCLA’s medical school discriminating on the basis of race. In a seven-page public report, the Justice Department…
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The U.S. tariff landscape has shifted dramatically in 2026, and healthcare is caught in the middle. From a landmark Supreme Court ruling to new duties on branded drugs, the policy environment has moved fast and shows no signs of settling.…
The Tallahassee Branch of the NAACP has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the transfer of city-owned Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare assets to Florida State University, arguing the city violated state law in approving the deal. Spokespeople for Tallahassee Memorial…
Cincinnati-based Good Samaritan Hospital must pay $10 million after a jury on May 1 ruled against the hospital in the death of 69-year-old Terri Price. The jury found the hospital liable after Ms. Price was admitted to a psychiatric unit…
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health filed a lawsuit against Florida Blue and its HMO due to alleged underpayments for emergency department services, according to an April 7 state court complaint. Broward Health has been out of network for Florida Blue…
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The California Hospital Association has filed a lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross over a policy that would penalize hospitals when patients receive care from out-of-network physicians, even if the hospital is in network. The lawsuit, filed May 4 in Sacramento,…
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…