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National Law Journal

DOJ Focuses False Claims Enforcement on Health Care Industry, Lawyers Say

The agency's attention shifts from hospitals to telehealth as Congress seeks to aid in false claims enforcement.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

$470K Settlement: Optimus Health Care Was Accused of Fraudulent Billing

"Optimus Health Care repeatedly overbilled Connecticut's Medicaid program, taking in payments they were ineligible to receive," Attorney General William Tong said.
2 minute read

Law.com

Jersey City Medical Center Prevails in Dismissal of $223M in Potential Damages

Jersey City Medical Center prevailed in eliminating more than $223 million in potential damages sought by CarePoint Management and McCabe Ambulance Services in a suit which arose from a 2016 settlement agreement over ambulance service provided in Jersey City.
4 minute read

Law.com

9th Circuit Reinstates In-Person Abortion Requirements to Guam Patients, Rejects Hawaii OBGYN's Arguments to Provide Care Through Telemedicine

The panel determined that the requirement in Guam's Women's Reproductive Health Information Act, enacted in 2012, "which requires that women seeking abortions have an in-person meeting with a physician, or a qualified agent of the physician, who must disclose certain medical as well as other information," furthers the legitimate governmental interests of Guam, including the preservation of potential life, protection of maternal health and promotion of the integrity of the medical profession.
6 minute read

Law.com

Family of Toddler Who Overdosed at Transitional Housing Facility File $15M Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Citing 'Rampant Drug Use' Onsite

"The defendants failed to do their part in keeping my sweet Ariel safe," the grandmother said in a statement. "They did nothing to stop the flow of drugs into and out of the facility. No child should have to live in those conditions, and now my granddaughter is dead."
4 minute read

Law.com

20 State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Challenging Idaho's 'Abortion Travel Ban,' Urging Court to Block Law

The complaint claims that Idaho has some of the most "oppressive criminal abortion statutes in the United States," and brings claims under the First Amendment, the 14th Amendment due process clause, and the right to travel within and between states.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Southern Regional Sues Cigna, Claiming It Wasn't Reimbursed for Services

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Federal Judge Refuses to Lift Asset Freezes in Counterfeit HIV Drug Lawsuit

Gilead's attorneys Geoffrey Potter and Timothy Waters of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler advocated for the continued asset freeze.
4 minute read

Law.com

Aetna, MLB Benefit Plan Hit With ERISA Suit Over Denied Mental Health Coverage

"Health insurance is meant to help people when they are the most vulnerable, and Aetna violated this most basic, and most important trust. The company's use of boilerplate denials based on illegal technicalities isn't just wrong, it's unconscionable," said Chris C.'s attorney, David Lilienstein of DL Law Group, in San Francisco.
5 minute read

Law.com

Reproductive Health Agencies Sue Alabama AG Over State's 'Abortion Travel Ban'

"Attorney General Marshall's threats require healthcare providers in Alabama to choose between their own liberty and freedom, and their ethical responsibility to fully inform pregnant patients of their healthcare options out of state. Over the last year, these threats have prevented pregnant Alabamians from accessing comprehensive information about their legal healthcare options, and the support they may depend on to access those options," Alison Mollman, senior counsel with the ACLU of Alabama, said in a statement. "The consequences are not theoretical, they are real and can be deadly. It's time for Attorney General Marshall's threats to be recognized for what they are: unconstitutional and contrary to Alabama law."
4 minute read

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