Aetna and Centene subsidiary Louisiana Healthcare Connections, who lost bids to help manage Louisiana's Medicaid program, filed protests against the state's decision Aug. 19, according to The Advocate.
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The CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans said a healthcare plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden is not much different than "Medicare for All," which the industry strongly opposes, according to The Hill.
The U.S. government asked a federal judge on Aug. 20 to dismiss allegations that a UnitedHealth Group unit violated the False Claims Act by committing hospital billing fraud, according to Law360.
New York, New York City, Connecticut and Vermont have filed a joint lawsuit against the Trump administration over its public charge rule, which seeks to keep immigrants from obtaining permanent residency if they have used public benefits like food stamps…
Federal prosecutors on Aug. 20 charged a former Veterans Affairs pathologist with three counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three patients, according to The Washington Post.
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Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics faces a lawsuit over how it pays employees for overtime work, The Gazette reports.
A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit against several of Universal Health Services' top executives and directors.
The Trump administration faces a class-action lawsuit over the quality of medical and mental healthcare provided at immigration detention centers, Politico reports.
A patient filed a lawsuit against Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital Aug. 15, claiming she contracted Legionnaires' disease in July due to the hospital's negligence in responding to the presence of Legionella bacteria, according to PBS affiliate WTTW.
Endo Pharmaceuticals has agreed to an $11 million settlement to resolve claims that the drugmaker helped fuel the opioid epidemic, according to Bloomberg. The settlement allows Endo to sidestep a potentially damaging opioid trial set to begin in October.