Stories about physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in lawsuits—as either a plaintiff or a defendant—or accused of breaking the law. Various legal updates or unusual stories in the news may land here.
The bipartisan group of attorneys general is pushing back against Congressional plans to bar states from regulating AI, machine learning and large language models.
Advanced Imaging Specialists, Danbury, Connecticut, alleges the breach of contract occurred shortly after it started performing services for 3 New England hospitals.
Children's Wisconsin admitted that it accidentally threw out the brain of a 24-year-old woman who survived a rare childhood illness as a result of a novel gene therapy. A researcher called the organ “irreplaceable.”
A Biden-era update to the law would require private insurers to update their networks to ensure patients have access to mental and behavioral health services, with those services reimbursed in a manner similar to physical care.
CureIS, a company that supports healthcare providers who take Medicaid and Medicare, is accusing the EHR leader of data blocking and other anti-competitive practices that violate state and federal laws.
One Medical, a chain of primary care clinics owned by Amazon, is being sued by the family of a man who died due to alleged provider negligence. Now, court filings reveal staff improperly accessed the deceased man's protected medical records.
A federal judge has issued a two-week halt to further staffing and funding cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, agreeing that plaintiffs representing unions and municipalities may be correct in claiming the sweeping shifts by President Donald Trump's administration are unlawful.
A whistleblower lawsuit claims CVS pharmacies have overbilled state Medicaid programs for prescription drugs—a practice allegedly ongoing since 2016. The company denies any wrongdoing.
Pennant and BrightSpring Health Services have agreed to purchase some healthcare businesses from UnitedHealth and Amedisys. However, it remains unclear whether this will be enough for the DOJ to drop its lawsuit blocking the merger.
In a lawsuit, plaintiffs allege the company changed course from a long-standing policy of denying medical claims, hiding from investors its impact on profits. The insurer denies any wrongdoing and vowed to defend itself in court.