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President Barack Obama's administration now requires insurers to cover IUDs, the contraceptive patch and other birth control with no of out-of-pocket charge to consumers, according to The Washington Post.
Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle is joining the widow of a man who contracted a fatal infection from a scope in a lawsuit against medical scope manufacturer Olympus America, according to a report from The Seattle Times.
Legislation to increase Medicare-supported residency slots in teaching hospitals was introduced this week by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Harry Reid (D-NV) in the U.S. Senate, and by Representatives Joe Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx) and Charles Boustany (R-LA) in…
Hospira Worldwide, a medical supply company based in Lake Forest, Ill., has filed a lawsuit against Dunn, N.C.-based Harnett Health System, claiming the health system failed to pay for more than $123,000 in medical supplies, according to Triangle Business Journal.
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A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine examined 124 medical malpractice cases at an academic medical center in Texas and found 88.7 percent of the cases included nondisclosure agreements.
A recent survey of healthcare industry executives by Littler Mendelson, a labor and employment law firm, revealed the vast majority of executives are concerned about the government's continued focus on prosecuting healthcare fraud, and executives are taking a number of…
From a man suing a Florida hospital after his amputated leg was found in the garbage to a physician claiming HCA was able to beat his antitrust appeal by improperly influencing a judge, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits…
A physician has filed a lawsuit claiming Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings beat his antitrust appeal due to Ninth Circuit Judge Jay Bybee being improperly assigned to the case.
Health insurer UnitedHealthcare will pay $11.5 million to resolve allegations it systematically denied payments to physicians to achieve financial targets, according to a Triad Business Journal report.