Health Care / Medicine
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Health Care / Medicine
Mercer: Employers Expect Health Benefit Costs To Rise 5.4% In 2023
Health benefit costs increased 3.2% in 2022, but employers are expecting costs to jump even higher in 2023, a Mercer report showed. Employers' top priorities right now are providing benefits that attract and retain employees and boosting mental health support. -
Health Care / Medicine
Northeast Hospital Must Pay $1.9M After Failing To Keep Accurate Record Of Opioid Inventory
A hospital corporation with facilities across Massachusetts must pay $1.9 million in civil penalties in a lawsuit alleging that an employee stole more than 17,000 units of controlled substances and the hospitals did not have accurate records of controlled substances to prevent such illegal activity. - Sponsored
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Health Care / Medicine
Panel Orders UnitedHealthcare To Pay $10.8M For Allegedly Underpaying Physicians
The lawsuit is one of nine cases throughout the country that TeamHealth has brought against United for alleged underpayments. The other eight cases are still ongoing.
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Health Care / Medicine, Technology
What Should Tech Companies Do To Navigate Privacy Concerns In Post-Dobbs Era?
Patient privacy is evolving rapidly in the post-Dobbs era, according to healthcare and life science lawyers in a webinar hosted by the American Bar Association on Wednesday. -
Health Care / Medicine
Ex-Hospital CEO Sues MetroHealth For Alleged Illegal Firing
Dr. Akram Boutros said in a lawsuit filed Monday in Cuyahoga County court that Cleveland-based MetroHealth’s board of directors violated open meeting laws when it 'secretly hired' counsel to investigate him and then terminated him without mandatory public notice. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
No Surprises Act Leads To Thousands More Disputes And Delays Than Gov’t Expected
When the federal government enacted the No Surprises Act to lessen payment disputes between a patient or a health insurance plan and a provider, the government projected 22,000 disputes in 2022. However, between just April and September there were more than 90,000 disputes filed. -
Health Care / Medicine
Non-Profit Sues FDA, Requesting The Agency Withdraw Approval For Abortion Drugs
The group complains that the FDA never studied the safety of the drugs under the labeled conditions of use. -
Health Care / Medicine
Two Pharmacy Owners Plead Guilty In $18M Foreign Medicare Fraud Scheme
The scheme started in New York but became a complex international endeavor as the two men attempted to launder money received from fraudulent Medicare claims for cancer drugs during the pandemic. - Sponsored
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Courts, Health Care / Medicine
Judge Declares Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
Judge Robert McBurney of Fulton County said sections of the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act passed in 2019 were unconstitutional when drafted and enacted, therefore there is ‘no legal basis’ for the ban which has banned abortion after six weeks. -
Courts, Health Care / Medicine
Elizabeth Holmes Requests Home Confinement Instead of Prison Ahead of Formal Sentencing
In January, a federal jury convicted Holmes of four counts of fraud, including an investor wire fraud conspiracy count and three substantive wire fraud counts, with wire transfers totaling more than $140 million. -
Health Care / Medicine
Mass Incarceration Is The Elephant In The Room When It Comes To Addiction, Expert Says
The United States’ response to addiction and substance use disorders is a criminal justice response and not a public health response — but it shouldn’t be that way, one expert said at Engage at HLTH. -
Health Care / Medicine
Did Duke Health Violate Privacy By Sharing Patient Data With Facebook?
In the lawsuit, two patients claimed Facebook's pixel tracking tool is being improperly used on hospital websites, and redirecting people to sign in through their Facebook account to be able to sign-in or out of the hospital’s patient portal to request an appointment or talk with a provider. -
Health Care / Medicine
Report: Health Insurance Is Influencing Americans’ Job Choices
More than 31% of people with employer-sponsored insurance stuck with a job they disliked for the company’s health insurance, a Forbes Advisor survey found. Another 8% of respondents left a job they liked to seek better coverage.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Health Care / Medicine
Express Scripts Must Pay State AG $3.2M For Allegedly Overcharging For Prescriptions
Following an investigation, the AG claimed Express Scripts, 'billed and obtained payment for prescription drugs from payers of workers' compensation claims in excess of amounts permitted by Massachusetts laws and regulations,' according to court documents. -
Courts, Health Care / Medicine
Supreme Court Will Decide If It Was Legal For A Family To Sue A Nursing Home For Alleged Improper Care
Though the case started small, it has gained national attention and more than a dozen states have submitted an amicus brief in support of the Health and Hospital Corporation that operates 78 nursing facilities across Indiana. -
Health Care / Medicine
Former Mount Sinai Employees Accuse Leadership Of Sexism And Ageism
This lawsuit centers on the leadership of the Arnhold Institute for Global Health, which is part of the Icahn School of Medicine, and the hiring decisions made by the school’s dean, Dr. Dennis Charney, as well as alleged discrimination from other leaders. -
Health Care / Medicine
CVS, Walgreens Will Pay $10 Billion Total To Settle Opioid-Related Lawsuits
The settlement terms are still being negotiated and the final settlement depends on the number of states, counties, and Native American tribes that agree to join -
Health Care / Medicine
Patient Files Class-Action Suit Against Advocate Aurora Health Following Data Breach
The patient is alleging that the patient portal he used to communicate with his doctors and to schedule appointments used a pixelated code that also enabled logging in via Facebook and then shared data with Facebook. -
Health Care / Medicine
House Report Finds PBMs And Insurers Aren’t Covering Birth Control Like ACA Requires
The investigation also found that companies denied exceptions requests on average four or more times out of 10, raising barriers to accessing birth control, according to a news release on Tuesday. -
Health Care / Medicine
Mental Health Is A Top Priority For Employers. What Are Their Strategies?
The top strategies to support mental health issues are offering coverage for telebehavioral health services, providing onsite or virtual employee assistance programs and providing access to digital behavioral health support, a survey of 455 employers found.