Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., was on lockdown early Tuesday morning after a prisoner who was being treated at the hospital stole a gun from a private security guard and escaped, according to a Washington Post report.
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Nonprofit San Francisco-based Blue Shield of California, the state's third-largest health insurer, faces new pressure to lower its rates for members, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
A judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has ruled that Providence-based Women & Infants Hospital cannot prevent New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, SEIU from asking its members to protest layoffs by declining extra shifts and…
Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based Premera Blue Cross faces up to five class-action lawsuits associated with its recently reported data breach, according to a Seattle Times report.
Delaware families continue to feel the effects of a rift between Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and insurer UnitedHealthcare, according to The News Journal.
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Although identity theft still topped the Federal Trade Commission's consumer complaints report for 2015, impostor scams increased significantly.
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Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the first major candidate to announce his presidential bid for 2016, stated he and his wife, Heidi Cruz, will sign up for healthcare coverage through the federal market exchange set up by the Patient Protection and…
From the government dedicating more resources to prosecuting violations of the False Claims Act to plaintiffs being creative in attacking companies with data privacy issues, here are four major healthcare litigation trends to know.
The following is a roundup of recently introduced legislation and legislative developments affecting the healthcare industry.