By Kristen Rasmussen | December 1, 2017
Employment law experts say private health care employers may fire employees for failing to comply with a mandatory flu vaccination policy provided it allows exemptions for medical and religious reasons.
By Kristen Rasmussen | November 29, 2017
The Brooklyn Hospital Center has agreed to pay $15,000 and make full restitution with interest to dozens of women to settle allegations by the New York Attorney's General's Office that it illegally billed sexual assault victims for forensic rape exams.
By Kristen Rasmussen | November 27, 2017
Thaddeus Bereday, the former general counsel at Tampa-based insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc., was sentenced on Nov. 22 to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty in June to one count of making a false statement in connection with a scheme to defraud the Florida Medicaid program.
By Kristen Rasmussen | November 14, 2017
Several hospital associations and health care systems sued the federal government on Monday to prevent it from implementing a rule that would reduce Medicare reimbursements for prescription drugs bought through a program designed to lower drug costs for hospitals serving low-income patients.
By Kristen Rasmussen | November 8, 2017
Nicholas Borgesano Jr., 45, of New Port Richey, Florida, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Tampa to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with a $100 million scheme involving compounded prescription medications. More compounding pharmacies are finding themselves in the Justice Department's crosshairs.
By Tom McParland | October 26, 2017
A former executive at Medco Health Solutions Inc. who sued the health care company on behalf of the United States, California, Florida and New Jersey for allegedly violating anti-kickback laws lacked immediate knowledge of any wrongdoing, a Delaware federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
By Kristen Rasmussen | National Law Journal | October 18, 2017
Rep. Thomas Marino, R-Pennsylvania, withdrew his name for consideration as President Trump's drug czar, two days after a bombshell from The Washington Post/60 Minutes report about the congressman's role as chief advocate for a 2016 federal law that weakened the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's control over opioid distributors. Here are a few things to know about the man at the center of the investigation.
By Sue Reisinger | Corporate Counsel | October 18, 2017
Alex Azar II, a former Wiley Rein partner who served four years as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the leading candidate to head the department, according to several accounts citing sources familiar with the matter.
By Kristen Rasmussen | National Law Journal | October 17, 2017
Health care lawyers weigh in on two actions taken late last week by the Trump administration to start dismantling the Affordable Care Act.
By Kristen Rasmussen | Corporate Counsel | October 12, 2017
Federal and state officials reportedly are probing the scheduling practices of a prominent surgeon in New York, highlighting compliance issues facing teaching hospitals.
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