Expert Analysis

Assessing The Future Of The HIPAA Reproductive Health Rule

In light of a Texas federal court's recent decision to strike down a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ... (more story)

DOJ's Tracing Rule For Pandemic Loan Fraud Is Untenable

In conducting investigations related to COVID-19 relief fraud, the government's assertion that loan proceeds are n... (more story)

New Health AI Guidance Features A Provider-Centric Approach

New guidance from the Joint Commission and Coalition for Health AI regarding the responsible use of artificial int... (more story)

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Sterigenics Nears Win In Georgia Ethylene Oxide Litigation

Sterigenics Inc. notched two significant wins in sprawling litigation over its alleged emissions of carcinogenic ethylene oxide at an Atlanta-area plant, as a Georgia state court judge tossed residents' specif... (more story)

Acadia Investors Score Partial Win In Fraud Class Action

A Tennessee federal judge has granted a proposed class of Acadia Healthcare Co. investors a partial early win in their suit claiming the company misled them about the strength of its United Kingdom operations,... (more story)

Texas Appeals Court Pushes Cigna On Payments To Hospitals

A Texas appeals court seemed skeptical of Cigna Healthcare of Texas Inc.'s claim that once a patient gets hospitalized, any subsequent treatment should be classified as emergency care, asking Wednesday why Cig... (more story)

Full 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink $45M CareDx False Ad Case

The Third Circuit on Tuesday turned down medical testing company CareDx's request to have a full panel mull whether to reinstate a $45 million jury award in a false advertisement case over genetic testing tech... (more story)

Bid Protest Spotlight: Documentation, Overrides, Eligibility

Recent decisions by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Government Accountability Office illustrate the importance of contemporaneous documentation in proposal evaluations, the standards for an agenc... (more story)

Colo. Biz Accuses VA Of Ignoring Veteran-Owned Suppliers

A Colorado company accused the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of improperly greenlighting purchases of electrocardiogram leads from a large overseas business when American-made items are available from it... (more story)

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'A Total Mess': Judge Slams Calif. Privacy Law's Ambiguity

California's Invasion of Privacy Act "is a total mess" that routinely requires courts to make "borderline impossible" decisions about how to apply the law's language to new technologies, a San Francisco federa... (more story)

Sana Biotech Fights Investor Fraud Claims Over Trial Data

Sana Biotechnology Inc. has asked a Seattle federal court to dismiss an investor suit over claims that it offered misleading statements regarding early clinical trials of a gene therapy, asserting that the com... (more story)

Trump Unveils IVF Drug Pricing Deal: 'We Want More Babies'

President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled two initiatives he said were designed to enhance the accessibility and affordability of in vitro fertilization.

Texas Panel Blocks Hospital Subpoenas In Trans Care Suit

A Texas appellate court on Thursday directed a trial court to withdraw an order requiring two Dallas hospitals to turn over documents concerning alleged gender affirming care, saying the lower court abused its... (more story)

Fla. Medical Clinic Settles Patient Data Breach Row For $10M

A Florida federal judge has given initial approval to a $10 million settlement to resolve a proposed class action accusing Watson Clinic LLP of failing to adequately protect current and former patients' medica... (more story)

Spencer Fane Attys Talk Med Spas And Healthcare Law

Providers and investors attracted to a growing medical spa industry might be surprised to discover that aesthetic treatments like Botox and fillers that don't require a doctor still come with a robust set of h... (more story)

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Tylenol Maker Tells FDA Not To Add Autism Warning

Tylenol maker Kenvue on Friday told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reject a call to add warnings about the risk of using acetaminophen during pregnancy, saying that "expensive" scientific evidence sh... (more story)

Lab Cos. Seek $542M For COVID Testing Reimbursement

Three New York-based COVID-19 testing companies sued the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims seeking more than $542 million in damages over the government's alleged refusal to reimburse them... (more story)

21 AGs Back Planned Parenthood In Funding Freeze Fight

A coalition of attorneys general from 21 Democrat-led states chimed in on Monday in support of Planned Parenthood's case challenging the Trump administration's push to cut off Medicaid reimbursements to its ce... (more story)

Justices Won't Review Repeat Indictment For Medicare Fraud

The U.S. Supreme Court let stand Monday the repeat indictment of a health clinic manager for what the Second Circuit called a massive, yearslong scheme to submit false claims to Medicare and Medicaid, effectiv... (more story)

Top Court Won't Hear Chicago Hospital's Medicaid Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a decision by the full Seventh Circuit holding that a Chicago hospital can't sue the state of Illinois to force the managed care organizations it contracts wi... (more story)

High Court Won't Hear Hospital Vax Mandate Case

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't review a decision backing a hospital's termination of a group of workers who refused to get COVID-19 vaccinations.