By Josefa Velasquez | February 15, 2018
A New York financial regulator is investigating reports that some life and disability insurers are denying coverage to applicants who used medication meant to reduce the risk of HIV infection.
By Kristen Rasmussen | February 9, 2018
Under a 30-day budget amendment that Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced, 11 fentanyl analogs will be added to the state controlled substances schedule and the New York health commissioner will have the authority to add to the state controlled substances list new drugs that are added to the federal schedule.
By Kristen Rasmussen | February 7, 2018
Aetna has sued Kurtzman Carson Consultants, blaming the claims administrator for mailings that disclosed the name and condition of thousands of HIV patients. KCC responded by filing a suit of its own against Aetna, saying that the health insurance giant and its outside legal counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, were responsible.
By Josefa Velasquez | February 5, 2018
Dozens of lawyers and lobbyists had a role in bringing a legal marijuana industry to New York state. The law firms and lobby shops that were involved in and pushed the rise of medical marijuana are now gearing up for the next frontier: a recreational scheme.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier | February 5, 2018
Medical Malpractice columnists Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier write: Effective Jan. 31, 2018, New York has adopted a discovery rule applicable to medical malpractice actions stemming from failures to timely diagnose cancer or a malignant tumor.
By Josefa Velasquez | January 29, 2018
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have reached an agreement on a bill that extends the amount of time a patient has to file a medical malpractice lawsuit for a missed cancer diagnosis.
New York Law Journal | In Brief
By Jason Grant | January 26, 2018
The panel emphasized that the patient from New York did not seek out the New Jersey center but was directed there by her New York doctor as part of a referral fee agreement.
By Josefa Velasquez | January 26, 2018
A federal lawsuit filed Friday by New York state and Minnesota alleges that the Trump administration is wrongfully withholding more than $1 billion in health care funding, jeopardizing the health care of roughly 800,000 people.
By The Associated Press | January 23, 2018
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the nation's largest opioid manufacturers and distributors should be held accountable for the drug-abuse crisis.
By Susan DeSantis | January 23, 2018
"It is a whole new assignment and it's an exciting assignment for me to help shape the law and that's what you do at the appellate level," Bernice Siegal, new associate justice of the appellate term, said.
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