Oregon Racing to Block Predatory Hospice Schemes
As California's revamped laws trigger a massive crackdown on hospice fraud, Oregon lawmakers are moving to protect their residents against an influx of predatory operators. The state currently lacks robust hospice regulations, making it an attractive target for bad actors seeking a foothold as they are pushed out of neighboring markets, palliative care advocates say.
FDA Targets 'Emotional' Ads In New Enforcement Campaign
Federal regulators' quick objection to a Novo Nordisk commercial touting its new weight loss pill as a chance to "live lighter" is designed to send a message to drugmakers and discourage them from making emotional appeals that promise patients a better life, experts say.
This Week's Healthcare Earnings: Moderna, Tenet And More
Healthcare stocks saw big moves in recent days, even as earnings season begins to wind down for the industry.
Deals & Corporate Governance More
In this week's Taxation With Representation, science and technology company Danaher Corp. acquires medical technology company Masimo Corp., Covetrus merges with a unit of fellow animal health technology compan... (more story)
The Federal Circuit cleared the path for branded-drug makers to claim a rival induced infringement of a patent without taking any active steps to do so, Hikma told the U.S. Supreme Court in a case over so-call... (more story)
A New York federal judge has trimmed a securities class action accusing Global Cord Blood Corp. and others of orchestrating and trying to cover up a scheme in which hundreds of millions of dollars were transfe... (more story)
A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit brought by the former head of product development for Olympus Corp. of the Americas, ruling that the ex-executive failed to show he was fired ... (more story)
Transplant diagnostics company CareDx has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a nearly $45 million jury award against rival Natera in a false advertising case, arguing t... (more story)
Real estate investment trusts Welltower Inc. and Ventas Inc. recorded strong financial results from the last quarter and the full year of 2025, as both companies intensified their focus on senior housing, a se... (more story)
Digital Health & Technology More
A North Carolina federal judge has ruled that a prospective class of Nurse.com users lacked standing to sue the website's operator for Video Privacy Protection Act violations for allegedly sharing customers' i... (more story)
Two significant final guidance documents released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month reflect a targeted effort to ease innovation friction around specific areas, including singular clinical de... (more story)
A former Johnson & Johnson subsidiary has agreed to pay $4.7 million to settle a potential class action claiming it unlawfully stored and collected facial scans of people who used its Neutrogena Skin360 tool, ... (more story)
Federal preemption offers a unified front at a decisive moment that is essential for safeguarding America's economic edge in artificial intelligence and robotics against global rivals, harnessing trillions of ... (more story)
The health payment platform Change Health Inc., which was at the center of the nation's largest healthcare data breach two years ago, is facing a fresh lawsuit from a proposed class of Pennsylvania healthcare ... (more story)
An increase in breach disclosures is coinciding with California's most comprehensive privacy and artificial intelligence legislation taking effect, illustrating the range of vulnerabilities organizations in th... (more story)
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The U.S. Department of Justice and Ohio's attorney general's office sued OhioHealth Corp. Friday in federal court, accusing the healthcare system of using contractual restrictions to block insurers from offeri... (more story)
A Texas federal court approved a $376,000 arbitration award for a former community center accounting employee who alleged she was belittled by a supervisor and denied telework as a temporary accommodation foll... (more story)
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan sued Chubb and other insurers in California federal court Friday seeking to tap $95 million in directors and officers liability coverage for a recently settled whistleblower actio... (more story)
A Texas federal judge on Friday blocked the state from enforcing an anti-steering law that banned managed care plans from telling insureds about optometrists who offer cheaper options, saying that the law viol... (more story)
A North Carolina federal judge on Friday threw out a suit alleging that GardaWorld Cash Service violated federal employment law with surcharges on its employee health plan for those who use tobacco or refused ... (more story)
A Connecticut federal judge has once again rejected generic-drug makers' bid to escape a multistate lawsuit accusing them of engaging in an overarching antitrust conspiracy, saying the evidence supports the ne... (more story)