A federal judge struck down HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to enforce the agency's restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, finding the restrictions unlawful and criticizing Kennedy's leadership and the policy declaration that introduced the changes. www.law360.com/artic...
New: An Oregon federal judge struck down HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s efforts to enforce the agency's restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, finding the restrictions unlawful and criticizing Kennedy's leadership and the declaration that introduced the changes. www.law360.com/articles/246...
New: A Texas man suing his ex-girlfriend's out-of-state doctor for prescribing mail-order abortion pills can't prove that the doctor caused the wrongful death of their unborn child, the doctor told a federal court, saying he's not responsible for the woman's actions.
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New: A Marine pilot accused of duping a Texas woman with whom he had an intimate relationship into taking abortion pills by lacing her drink is now locked in a dogged discovery battle over the release of salacious text messages. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...
New: The Trump administration has again urged the Supreme Court not to hear a challenge to the Medicare drug price negotiation program, arguing that drug companies aren't forced to accept lower prices because they can choose not to participate.
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New: Healthcare attorneys and policy analysts are keeping a close eye on personnel changes at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and what they could mean for healthcare policy in 2026. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...
New: Federally funded healthcare providers in the 340B program are using an "overly broad" interpretation of the word "patient" based on government guidelines, and it's leading to them abusing 340B discounts, AbbVie claimed in a lawsuit filed against HHS on Wednesday. www.law360.com/articles/246...
A proposed class of HIV and AIDS patients is dropping their disability bias lawsuit against CVS Pharmacy, the Third Circuit said a COVID-era fraudster can't challenge his 12-year sentence and Aetna escapes a COVID-19 testing payment lawsuit in California.
New analysis: The Federal Trade Commission's demands for information from transgender care organizations may be exceeding the agency's authority to investigate medical nonprofits, legal experts have told Law360.
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BREAKING: An 8-1 Supreme Court rules Colorado CANNOT bar religious counselors from engaging in conversion talk therapy for transgender minors, finding the law is based on a viewpoint and is subject to First Amendment protections. Jackson dissents. #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
New: The False Claims Act's whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional, Eli Lilly has told the Supreme Court, asking it to overturn a 7th Circ. decision upholding a $183 million win for a whistleblower who said Eli Lilly hid how much it charged for Medicaid drugs. www.law360.com/health/artic...
New York-Presbyterian Hospital is forcing major health insurers to contract with it on an "all-or-nothing" basis, which is driving up healthcare costs in New York City and violates federal antitrust law, the DOJ claims in a federal lawsuit.
New: New York-Presbyterian Hospital is forcing major health insurers to contract with it on an "all-or-nothing" basis, which is driving up healthcare costs in New York City and violates federal antitrust law, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a lawsuit on Thurs. www.law360.com/articles/245...
We’ll get at least one Supreme Court opinion today at 10 ET. #SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review whether a federal court can certify a class of third-party payors who claim drugmakers hid the cancer risks of an anti-diabetes drug. www.law360.com/artic...
New: A trans care group and two healthcare trade orgs. must turn over documents related to their claims made in marketing for gender-affirming care for minors, the Federal Trade Commission ordered, denying the groups' bids to block consumer protection probes. www.law360.com/health/artic...
New: Minnesota may soon receive the release of $243 million in deferred Medicaid funds after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved the state's updated plan to combat Medicaid fraud, Minnesota state health officials told a federal court last week. www.law360.com/health/artic...
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the conviction of a former California biotech president sentenced to eight years in prison for lying about the efficacy of his company's COVID-19 and allergy testing and conducting a $70 million Medicare fraud scheme. www.law360.com/artic...
New: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the conviction of a former California biotech president sentenced to eight years in prison for lying about the efficacy of his company's COVID-19 and allergy testing and conducting a $70 million Medicare fraud scheme. www.law360.com/articles/245...
An LGBTQ+ advocacy organization must produce documents as part of an investigation from the Texas attorney general's office into transgender treatments for minors, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday. www.law360.com/artic...
New: An LGBTQ+ advocacy org. must produce documents for an investigation from the Texas attorney general's office into transgender treatments for minors, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday, saying that the state's gender care ban is the law and must be followed. www.law360.com/articles/245...
New: Gov. Andy Beshear's administration quietly moved to remove weight loss drugs from a list of excluded prescriptions in the state's Medicaid program.
The legislature is moving to nullify that change, citing the high costs of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro.
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New: Under a new initiative, DOJ attys will serve as legal guardians for some homeless veterans, the Trump admin. said Wed., though some veteran advocates said the new program could involuntarily coerce vets experiencing mental health issues into institutional care. www.law360.com/health/artic...
New: Mayday Health can no longer post ads at gas stations in South Dakota that promote abortion care, according to the South Dakota attorney general's office, which said that the parties have reached an agreement to drop a pair of lawsuits over the ad campaign. www.law360.com/health/artic...
Silence in the federal statute that governs the 340B discount drug program on the issue of contract pharmacies is working against drugmakers in their dogged effort to stop states from protecting provider agreements with pharmacies from drugmaker interference.
New: Dr. Vinay Prasad, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine regulator, will leave the agency in the coming weeks, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said Friday. www.law360.com/articles/245...
New analysis: Silence in the federal law that governs the 340B discount drug program on the issue of contract pharmacies is working against drugmakers in their dogged effort to stop states from protecting provider agreements with pharmacies from drugmaker interference. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...
The public political battle between Minnesota and the federal government over alleged Medicaid fraud in the state continued Wednesday on Capitol Hill. www.law360.com/artic...
New: The political battle between Minnesota and the feds over alleged Medicaid fraud in the state continued Wed. on Capitol Hill, with Republicans and Democrats casting stones at each other after the Trump admin. pulled nearly $260 million in healthcare funding. www.law360.com/articles/244...
New: State laws that block drugmakers from imposing restrictions on federally funded hospitals and the contract pharmacies they use to dispense discounted drugs under the 340B drug discount program are violating federal law, the Trump administration said. www.law360.com/health/artic...