Health Care / Medicine
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Courts, Health Care / Medicine
Why One Healthcare Lawyer Thinks Merck’s Drug Pricing Lawsuit Defense ‘Makes No Sense’
The company's lawsuit argues that the government’s Medicare drug price negotiation program violates the Constitution’s First and Fifth Amendments, but healthcare law expert Robin Feldman said the defense doesn't have any legs. -
Courts, Health Care / Medicine
Courts Allowed to Ban Mife Today, Viagra Tomorrow?
If a drug’s FDA approval could be overturned by any judge, anywhere, anytime, the pharmaceutical industry would be severely impacted. - Sponsored
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
Federal Lawsuit Alleges Tennessee’s Employee Benefits Program Discriminates Against Transgender People
A federal lawsuit brought to court by two transgender women alleges that Tennessee and its insurance committee are discriminatory because they denied the plaintiffs coverage for gender-affirming surgery.
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
Federal Agencies Release New Guidelines To Help Providers Fend Off Ransomware
A group of federal agencies recently released an updated set of guidelines to help healthcare organizations protect themselves from ransomware attacks and the data breaches that often follow. The guidance lays out best practices to prevent the six major ways that bad actors gain access to providers’ systems, which include compromised credentials and phishing. -
Health Care / Medicine
Survey: 65% Of Americans Say Employer-Sponsored Insurance Necessary For Financial Security
About 68% of Americans believe employer-sponsored insurance is important for employee recruitment and 77% believe it’s important for retention, according to a new AHIP survey. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
FDA Nod Makes Pfizer’s Paxlovid The First Approved Oral COVID-19 Antiviral Drug
Paxlovid is now approved for treating adults. Results from a pivotal clinical showed that Paxlovid led to an 86% reduction in COVID-19-related hospitalization or death from any cause compared to a placebo. -
Health Care / Medicine
Report: Private Insurers Estimated To Pay $1.1B In Rebates In 2023
Individual market insurers are estimated to owe about $500 million in rebates to enrollees this year, a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found. Small group market insurers are anticipated to owe about $330 million, and large group market insurers are expected to owe about $250 million. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
Small, Rural Communities Have Become Abortion Access Battlegrounds
The quest to enact local bans has become particularly acute in small towns, like West Wendover, Nevada, and Hobbs, New Mexico, which are situated by borders between states that have restricted abortion and states where laws preserve access. - Sponsored
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
FDA’s Landmark Guidance On Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCTs) Signals A New Era Of Patient-Centered Research
With the FDA’s acceptance and encouragement of decentralized trials, we can expect to see a continued shift towards remote trial conduct, virtual sites, and the use of innovative digital technologies. -
Health Care / Medicine
State, Federal Policy Should Exempt Medical Devices From ‘Right-To-Repair’ Movement
Legislators and policymakers at the state and federal levels should understand the risks that come with classifying life-saving medical devices with other forms of technology. -
Courts, Health Care / Medicine
‘Abortion Trafficking’: Taking A Minor Out Of State For An Abortion Is Now A Crime In Idaho
Legal experts say Idaho’s travel ban is designed to sidestep implied constitutional protections for interstate travel. -
Health Care / Medicine, Labor / Employment
Mount Sinai Doctors Vote To Strike Over Pay, Benefits Disparities
Resident physicians at Mount Sinai's Elmhurst Hospital in Queens have voted to authorize a strike. The union that represents these residents has noticed significant disparities in Mount Sinai's compensation and benefits when compared to the resident physicians employed at the health system's flagship hospital in Manhattan. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
In Rare Move, CMS Fines 2 Hospitals for Price Transparency Violations
These fines are only the third and fourth penalties issued by the agency since the rule took effect on January 1, 2021.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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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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How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report.
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Government, Health Care / Medicine
The Public Health Emergency Is Expiring, So What Is The Future Of COVID-19 Vaccines?
The FDA will decide this summer which strains the next COVID-19 vaccines should address. -
Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Healthcare Leaders Must Come Together to Mitigate ChatGPT Risks, Experts Urge
Technology experts at the HIMSS conference in Chicago said that while the AI model is certainly exciting, the healthcare sector must establish an accountability framework to address the risks of new technologies like ChatGPT moving forward. -
Health Care / Medicine
Thinking Of Providing Telehealth Abortion Services? Here Are 3 Legal Frameworks You Need To Understand First
As telehealth providers navigate the ever-evolving abortion terrain, it is important that they evaluate all avenues for potential exposure and risk. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
Biden Administration Introduces Plan To Expand Medicaid, ACA Coverage To DACA Recipients
By the end of the month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to release a proposed rule that would allow DACA recipients to apply for healthcare coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace or through their state Medicaid organization. -
Finance, Health Care / Medicine
Hospital M&A Activity Remained Strong In Q1 With 15 Deals Announced
Hospital M&A activity remained strong during the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall. Hospitals and health systems announced 15 M&A transactions in the first quarter of 2023, which almost matches the 17 transactions announced in the fourth quarter of 2022. -
Health Care / Medicine
Former Outcome Health Execs Found Guilty Of 47 Counts Of Fraud
The convictions come after a 10-week trial that investigated the former leaders’ role in a billion-dollar scheme in which the company lied to its customers about how many physicians' offices their advertisements would appear in. -
Courts, Health Care / Medicine
Abortion Pill Access In 2023: A Timeline
The final outcome for abortion pill access in the U.S. is still unclear among conflicting federal rulings — the issue will likely end up before the Supreme Court.