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Connecticut Law Tribune

Who's Bringing Women's Health to the Table?

Last spring when the president and vice president met with members of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative male lawmakers, to determine the fate of maternity coverage in health care plans, as photos made abundantly clear, women were not at the table.
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National Law Journal

'Big Mouth' of Trump's HHS General Counsel Pick Will Tattle on Any ACA Sabotage

Robert Charrow, the Greenberg Traurig shareholder picked to serve as general counsel to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, pledged on Thursday to resist any efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act—regulations that Senate Democrats said remain the "law of the land" following the failure of Republican-backed reform legislation.
17 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Targets Opioid Fraud by Health Care Providers

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Wednesday that the DOJ has formed a unit specifically to combat opioid-related health care fraud by physicians, pharmacies and other health care providers.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Re: Accutane Litig.

Trial Court Erred in Precluding Expert Testimony Using Reasonable Scientific Evidence Other Than Epidemiological Studies to Reject Such Studied Cited by Defendants
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Chamber Asks HHS to Keep Cost-Sharing Subsidies

Even as 16 state AGs won their fight to intervene in a lawsuit by House Republicans to undermine cost-sharing reductions under Obamacare, a major business group asks HHS to keep them for now for the sake of health insurance market stability.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Remuneration Rare in Quarantine Suits, Ebola Nurse Settlement Shows

The failure of nurse Kaci Hickox to collect any money after being held by state officials for 80 hours in a tent outside a hospital, even after twice testing negative for Ebola, illustrates the difficulties of getting compensated for allegations of excessive quarantine measures.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. v. Superior Court (Prime Healthcare La Palma, LLC)

C.A. 2nd; B272284 The Second Appellate District granted a petition for writ of mandate. The court held that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to confirm…
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The Legal Intelligencer

Dziedzic v. Genesis HealthCare, Inc. et al., PICS Case No. 17-1059 (C.P. Berks June 23, 2017) Sprecher, J. (6 pages).

Where a medical patient could not be relied upon to pay her expenses or authorize medical decisions for herself due to her condition, it would have been impossible for that patient to read, understand and execute an arbitration agreement knowingly. The court recommended affirmance of its order overruling defendants' preliminary objection and request for binding arbitration.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System

C.A. 4th; G052367 The Fourth Appellate District reversed a trial court order. The court held that two hospitals’ alleged retaliatory motive in…
2 minute read

National Law Journal

States Take Aim at Surprise ER Bills

Even as the Obamacare repeal and replace battle continues in Congress, states are staking steps to limit so-called "surprise" bills patients sometimes receive for care from out-of-network providers in network hospitals.
8 minute read

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