Legal & Regulatory Issues

U.S. District Judge William Griesbach has dismissed the lawsuit Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) filed contesting the provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires Congress members and their staffs to only enroll in health plans created under…

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington has ruled tax subsidies to low-and middle-income Americans may not be provided in states that use the federally-run health insurance exchanges.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System has agreed to a $190 million settlement with more than 7,000 patients who were allegedly photographed and videotaped by a gynecologist during their pelvic exams, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

The following is a roundup of legislative developments affecting the healthcare industry that have been reported in the last two weeks.

On July 24, the House Rules Committee is set to mark up a resolution authorizing the House GOP to file a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, according to a report from The Hill.

This is a roundup of recently filed healthcare industry lawsuits, lawsuit updates and legal settlements that have been reported in the last two weeks, beginning with the most recent.

Daytona Beach-based Halifax Health has spent $22.8 million over the past five years, defending itself against a whistle-blower lawsuit, according to a Daytona News-Journal report.

The Preventative Care Coverage Notification Act, sponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mark Begich (D-Ala.), would require businesses to inform prospective and current employees whether they provide free contraception coverage in their health plans, according to a report from…

Acting Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs Sloan D. Gibson has told the Senate VA Committee it will cost $17.6 billion over the next three years to remedy the problems plaguing the VA, including secret wait lists, according to…

The House intends to file a lawsuit against President Barack Obama that is expected to be narrowly focused on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the president's decision to defer the PPACA's requirement that employers provide health insurance…