A federal judge determined the Justice Department can move forward with a lawsuit accusing UnitedHealth Group of defrauding Medicare at least $1 billion in false claims, Reuters reports.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Idaho submitted a request to state insurance regulators Tuesday to sell five plans that do not comply with ACA requirements, as informed by the executive order signed by Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R) in…
Attorneys on behalf of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against 24 drugmakers and drug distributors for the companies' alleged roles in facilitating the opioid epidemic within the tribe's reservation, according…
Atlanta-based Piedmont Hospital and five sister facilities have sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia and its parent company, Anthem, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Computer Sciences Corp. will pay Maryland $81 million to resolve allegations involving its Medicaid technology contract with the state, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said on Feb. 9.
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IBM is suing Microsoft to enforce a one-year noncompetition agreement after Microsoft moved to hire a former IBM employee as its chief diversity officer, The Seattle Times reports.
Five of the largest opioid manufacturers in the United States donated nearly $9 million over five years to patient advocacy groups and professional societies that have offered public support for opioids, according to a Senate report released Monday.
A former human services worker at Macclenny-based Northeast Florida State Hospital was arrested for allegedly physically abusing a patient, according to the Orlando Political Observer.
A former pediatric rheumatologist at the Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan is under investigation for possession of child pornography and could lose his license amid allegations he had a sexual relationship with a young patient, according…
Justine Handelman, a senior vice president at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, told reporters at a briefing last week policies to stabilize the individual insurance market are necessary, according to The Hill.