By Jason Grant | July 29, 2019
The woman died nearly a year and a half after the transplant surgery, due to a series of complications—including losing her new kidney and being forced back onto dialysis—that her lawyers argued sprang from a urine leak going undiagnosed. The jury found causation for her injuries but not for her death.
By Jason Grant | July 23, 2019
The scheme allegedly centered on paying kickbacks to Medicaid recipients to fill HIV prescriptions at a Harlem pharmacy and then, in some instances, never dispensing the drugs while collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Medicaid.
By Jason Grant | July 8, 2019
A state appeals court wrote that the medical malpractice suit will proceed as “conflicting factual testimony and medical opinion in the record present issues of fact as to whether any departures were a proximate cause of any physical, psychiatric or emotional injury to the infant.”
By Jason Grant | June 25, 2019
The decision opens a window on a little-discussed aspect of undocumented immigrants' lives in the United States: What medical care can the undocumented receive that will be reimbursed under Medicaid, which uses a statutory and regulatory framework to restrict undocumented immigrants' reimbursable treatment to “emergency medical conditions” only.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Sidney Kess | June 17, 2019
In his Tax Tips column, Sidney Kess discusses health savings accounts, which are a consumer-driven alternative to traditional medical coverage that combine a high-deductible health plan with an IRA-like account called a health savings account.
By Dan M. Clark | June 13, 2019
Opponents of the legislation have vowed to front a legal challenge when it becomes law, though Cuomo's office and the bill's sponsors remain confident that it would survive judicial review.
By Jason Grant | June 6, 2019
The lawsuit, lodged by the daughter of the late Hing May Eng, claims that NYU Hospitals Center acted wrongly when it allegedly decided that Hing May Eng must remain at the hospital for psychiatric treatment and observation.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Christopher Dunn | June 5, 2019
In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn discusses the meaningful constitutional issues surrounding government-mandated measles vaccination amid the re-emergence of the disease. Although the law is clear that the state can mandate vaccinations to address the current outbreak—even in the face of religious objections—less clear is how far the state can go in implementing such a mandate.
By Robert Storace | May 22, 2019
New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a coalition of 23 cities and states, including Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in fighting a health care rule they see as discriminatory.
By Kibkabe Araya | May 21, 2019
As more companies and law firms add fertility benefits to their health insurance packages to retain employees, startups expanding these benefits see exponential growth in the industry.
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