A federal judge in New Jersey denied a plaintiff's bid to revive a putative class action against United Healthcare Insurance Company over its reimbursement policies for DIEP flap surgeries, ruling that neither a 2025 policy change nor alleged legal error ju...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against two California-based online retailers, Pure Leaf Kratom, LLC and Outcast Distribution, LLC, for selling kratom products containing dangerously high levels of the alkaloid 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced that Sephora has adopted new safeguards regarding the marketing of anti-aging skincare products to children, resolving an investigation by the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General.
A federal judge in the District of Oregon has vacated a declaration issued by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that threatened to cut federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from healthcare providers offering gender-affirming care to minors, ruling the act...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office announced charges against 21 defendants accused of conspiring to bill Medi-Cal approximately $267 million for hospice services that prosecutors say were never rendered, with allegations including health care fr...
The New York Attorney General's office announced a settlement with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital requiring the system to pay $500,000 and implement operational reforms after an investigation into emergency psychiatric screening, patient monitoring, and inpa...
The Mississippi Supreme Court has reinstated summary judgment in favor of general surgeon Jeffrey Doolittle in a wrongful-death medical malpractice case, ruling that the trial court properly excluded the plaintiff's proposed expert witness. The court held i...
The Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Royce v. Bonta, a challenge to California’s SB 277 school vaccination mandate on Free Exercise Clause grounds.
The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a former prisoner’s constitutional claims against prison healthcare contractors, holding that the lower court erroneously applied the statute of limitations defense by making factual findings barred...
The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit against New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Thursday, alleging the system violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act by imposing contract terms that prevent insurers from offering budget health plans that exclude...
The Justice Department's Antitrust Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York filed a civil antitrust suit against The New York and Presbyterian Hospital on March 26, alleging that its contracts with payors violate Section...
The Texas Attorney General's office has filed an accelerated interlocutory appeal directly to the Texas Supreme Court seeking to overturn a district court ruling that would limit enforcement of the state's abortion restrictions in Zurawski et al. v. State o...
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital requiring the system to overhaul its emergency psychiatric care after a years-long investigation found repeated lapses in patient screening, supervision, and i...
The Sixth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of Matt Anderson's False Claims Act lawsuit against Saint Elizabeth Medical Center and Summit Medical Group, ruling that his allegations of fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing were barred by the statut...
A relator who accused a Kentucky hospital system of billing Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary kidney dialysis and vascular procedures could not escape the False Claims Act's public-disclosure bar, the Sixth Circuit held, because a nearly identical qui t...
The Ninth Circuit vacated summary judgment for PeaceHealth Inc. in a False Claims Act retaliation suit brought by Dr. Jonathan Adelstein, holding that a physician's internal complaints about a colleague's billing practices could qualify as protected activit...
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a landmark settlement with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital requiring sweeping reforms to emergency psychiatric care, backed by a $500,000 penalty and a $10,000-per-violation enforcement mechanism.
The Justice Department's Antitrust Division has sued New York City's largest and most powerful hospital system, alleging it uses its market power to lock insurers and employers into contracts that prevent New Yorkers from accessing cheaper healthcare options.
The D.C. Circuit held that a truck maintenance facility located about a mile from an active coal mine constitutes a "mine" under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977, affirming Mine Safety and Health Administration citations against KC...
A Connecticut federal judge has held that out-of-network providers may seek judicial confirmation of unpaid No Surprises Act arbitration awards in federal court — reaching a conclusion that diverges from the Fifth Circuit and produces a three-way split with...