The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court and ordered a preliminary injunction against a 1985 law requiring minors to notify a parent or obtain judicial approval before receiving an abortion, finding key provisions unconstitutionally vague.
A state appeals court has revived a disadvantaged-business enterprise's claim that Cardinal Health 110 sabotaged its chance at a subcontract on a state pharmaceutical contract by lying to Illinois about the company's capabilities.
A federal judge in Arizona ordered immediate implementation of a health-care staffing plan for segregation units, rejecting defendants' arguments that the mandates exceeded the scope of the Prison Litigation Reform Act.
A federal judge in Connecticut denied Aetna’s request to pause a preliminary injunction requiring the insurer to cover gender-affirming facial reconstruction for two doctors, ruling the insurer failed to show it would suffer irreparable harm or a...
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed mifepristone to remain available by mail, blocking a Fifth Circuit ruling that would have banned the drug's postal distribution while the underlying legal challenge proceeds.
AUSTIN (LN) — Texas Children’s Hospital has agreed to pay $10 million and establish a detransition clinic as part of a settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, resolving allegations that the hospital billed Medicaid for illegal...
A federal judge in Kansas granted summary judgment to Ascension Via Christi Hospital Pittsburg on a mother’s EMTALA claim, ruling the hospital adhered to its own screening procedures when a child tested positive for THC, and declined to hear the mother’s...
A federal magistrate judge in Chicago ruled that the Illinois Medical Studies Act bars discovery of peer-review materials in a diversity case where a surgeon accused the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery of retaliating against his criticism of spinal...
A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Brett Blackman of orchestrating a massive telemarketing scheme that defrauded Medicare and other federal health care programs of more than $1 billion through bogus telemedicine orders and foreign...
The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for a behavioral health center and its staff in a wrongful death suit, ruling that statutory immunity covers a practitioner’s decision not to detain a patient who later commits suicide.
A Southern District of California judge ruled that a federally supported health clinic’s failure to safeguard patient data does not trigger federal immunity or removal jurisdiction, sending the putative class action back to state court.
A bipartisan coalition of 21 state attorneys general is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to abandon draft guidance that would lower regulatory hurdles for certain flavored e-cigarette products, arguing the move ignores scientific evidence on...
Nationwide mail access to mifepristone remains available after the Supreme Court extended a temporary stay blocking a Fifth Circuit order that would have required in-person dispensing, pausing the ruling until May 14.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena seeking medical records related to gender-affyming care for minors, arguing the request relies on a...
The case originated as a whistleblower lawsuit alleging the facilities billed for therapy based on reimbursement rates rather than patients' clinical needs.
Connecticut secured a settlement with an international trade platform to stop the sale of unapproved GLP-1 weight loss drugs to U.S. consumers.
A California-based mobile imaging company agreed to pay at least $8.3 million to resolve allegations it paid above-market fees to cardiologists for patient referrals.
A federal judge permanently enjoined the state's statute protecting contract pharmacies in the federal drug-discount program, holding it impermissibly intruded on a federal spending arrangement and directly regulated out-of-state transactions.
An Ohio appellate panel reversed summary judgment for a psychiatric facility that sought to invoke statutory immunity after the close of discovery and two weeks before trial, holding that the burden of proof in immunity cases falls on the injured patient...