Seventeen law professors along with the International Center for Law and Economics have filed a friend-of-the-court brief requesting the full panel of judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rehear the antitrust case against Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health…
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Massachusetts' Health Policy Commission — an independent state agency responsible for reducing healthcare cost growth while improving care quality — would get more power under legislation unveiled by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy and House Majority Leader Ron Mariano (D-Quincy),…
CMS has fined health insurer Aetna $1 million over errors in its pharmacy network listings, according to a Hartford Courant report.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been hit with a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that it gave illegal incentives to employees and patients.
A new law in Arizona allows patients to order any clinical laboratory test without written authorization from a physician, according to a KJZZ report.
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Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System has been hit with a lawsuit claiming it employs a vendor that is charging an excessive amount for providing patients with copies of their medical records, according to The News Tribune.
State lawmakers introduced 332 anti-abortion provisions in the first quarter of 2015, according to a new study by the reproductive health nonprofit Guttmacher Institute.
From a single-hospital system in Ohio agreeing to pay $10 million to settle kickback allegations to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling hospitals can't sue states over Medicaid reimbursement rates, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements.
Minneapolis-based Medtronic has agreed to pay the federal government $4.4 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act, according to the Department of Justice.
Many healthcare institutions are rearranging relationships with physicians to stay in step with changes in the industry. However, healthcare organizations and physicians alike must be mindful of the requirements of the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute when forming new relationships.