A Michigan appeals court conditionally reversed a trial court’s order terminating a mother’s parental rights, remanding the case to determine whether the state properly notified tribes about a child’s potential Indian heritage under the...
In Re R M Wendzel Minor
The drugmaker, which pleaded guilty to federal fraud and kickback charges in 2020, was ordered to pay a criminal fine and forfeiture totaling more than $5 billion.
Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pharma Sentenced for Fraud and Kickback Conspiracies
A federal judge ruled the drugmaker's subpoenas to six hospital systems were irrelevant to its Contract Clause challenge to Missouri's law protecting contract pharmacy access to 340B discounts.
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v. Bailey et al
A California federal judge expanded an existing injunction to block three major federal departments from imposing grant conditions on municipal plaintiffs who sued the Trump administration.
City of Fresno et al v. Turner, et al
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...
State of Oregon et al v. Kennedy et al
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...
A federal judge in New Hampshire held that genuine factual disputes preclude summary judgment on claims that the state's systemic failure to deliver authorized home and community-based services places disabled Medicaid waiver...
Fitzmorris v. NH Department of Health and Human Services, Commissioner
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...
Agag v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company
A federal judge in Maryland ruled that the No Surprises Act implies a private right of action to enforce binding independent dispute resolution awards, rejecting an insurer's argument that courts lack jurisdiction to compel payment.
PHI Health, LLC v. Optimum Choice, Inc.
Head of the Criminal Division Matthew R. Galeotti Announces Results of Health Care Fraud Takedown