https://www.law360.com/health?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Health Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 22:52:02 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333322?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333322 Planned Parenthood on Thursday pressed a D.C. federal court to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' "attacks" on a long-running, successful public health initiative aimed at preventing teen pregnancy, claiming that HHS has implemented new, "deeply inconsistent" requirements threatening the program's funding. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:35:21 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333086?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333086 DaVita Inc. is facing at least two proposed class actions over a data breach the kidney care provider announced in April, with current and former patients alleging Wednesday in Colorado federal court that data thieves have already engaged in identity theft and fraud while DaVita has yet to offer details. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:05:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333316 The federal government brought a bombshell False Claims Act suit Thursday against Aetna, Elevance and Humana, claiming the insurers paid hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks to brokers in exchange for enrollments into their Medicare Advantage plans, with Humana and Aetna also accused of discriminating against disabled beneficiaries. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:00:22 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333090?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333090 A Florida appellate panel ruled in favor of a condominium association in a lawsuit over a noise dispute between a family caring for their autistic son and a neighbor, finding no evidence that the family faced discrimination in violation of housing laws. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:59:22 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332927?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332927 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released a report it says raises "serious concerns" about medical interventions used to aid young people in gender transition. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:00:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332989?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332989 There's plenty of hand-wringing at the Federal Communications Commission as a U.S. Supreme Court decision draws near over the legality of the revenue-raising scheme used to pay for more than $9 billion in broadband and phone service subsidies. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:01:48 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333014?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333014 Private equity-tilted limited liability company contract terms beat minority investor challenges to the fairness of the $8.9 billion merger in January 2023 that joined Summit Health-CityMD and VillageMD, a Delaware vice chancellor ruled late Wednesday. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:43:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333310?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333310 The Eleventh Circuit held Thursday that a couple's lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over injuries allegedly caused by a pelvic mesh device made by the company's med-tech unit was filed too late despite evidence that the woman's doctors had expressed uncertainty for years about whether the mesh was causing her pain. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:25:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332580?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332580 Publix Super Markets Inc. can't slip opioid-related claims from nine municipalities in which the supermarket chain alleges it has no pharmacies, an Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling national opioid litigation ruled. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:17:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333071?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333071 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has agreed to a proposed consent judgment that would vacate a Biden-era rule banning an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports, striking a deal with lender trade groups that sued in Texas federal court to block the rule. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:03:52 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333001?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333001 Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics urged the Sixth Circuit to undo a district court order returning a lawsuit from Ohio's attorney general alleging they drove up prescription drug prices to state court, arguing Wednesday an after-the-fact disclaimer of federal program-based claims isn't enough to sever a federal law connection. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:14:50 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332661?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332661 In areas like healthcare and law, artificial intelligence can play a transformative role in achieving the U.N.'s 2030 agenda for creating a more equitable, prosperous and sustainable world, but if not properly managed, AI could hinder global development efforts and widen existing gaps within society, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:35:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333079 A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday refused to put a bow on the deal the state of Florida struck with Sandoz AG and related defendants in three generic drug price-fixing lawsuits, ruling from the bench in Hartford that the settlement agreement "as written" would lead to exorbitant supplemental payments in the event that other states also reach deals to release their claims. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:56:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332404?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332404 A prosecutor and attorneys for clinic workers charged in connection with the death of a 5-year-old boy in a hyperbaric chamber explosion expressed frustration Wednesday that they cannot get their experts into the building to investigate because of a temporary restraining order they say is interfering with the criminal cases. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:53:24 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333268?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333268 A former Connecticut government employee admitted to playing a part in a $1.8 million scheme to defraud the Constitution State's Medicaid program by fraudulently billing services for children with autism that her company never provided, acting U.S. Attorney Marc H. Silverman has announced. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:34:24 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333257 Seven patients of a mobile mammography business have each filed class actions in recent days following the company's disclosure that personal and health information for more than 350,000 patients was impacted by a data breach seven months ago. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:26:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2331854?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2331854 A Texas bankruptcy court recently rejected Johnson & Johnson's third attempt to use Chapter 11 to resolve liabilities from allegations of injuries from using talcum powder, suggesting that the U.S. Supreme Court's limitations on nondebtor releases, from 2024's Purdue Pharma ruling, may prove difficult to evade, say attorneys at Cadwalader. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:24:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333291?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2333291 The Internal Revenue Service issued inflation-adjusted amounts Thursday for health savings accounts for 2026, as well as the maximum amount that may be made available for excepted benefit health reimbursement arrangements. Thu, 01 May 2025 13:50:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332688?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2332688 A New Jersey drug and alcohol rehabilitation center will pay $19.75 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by concealing it had no license from state regulators and billed the Veterans Health Administration and Medicaid for its services. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.