Embattled Drug Discount Dispute Process Gets HHS Facelift
The drug industry and health providers are divided over a freshly revised review process for resolving price fights after years of back-and-forth between presidential administrations and federal courts.
LGBTQ Health-Care Bias Shield Clears White House Review
A long-awaited rule protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination in health care has cleared review by the White House and could be released any day.
AI-Powered World Health Chatbot Is Flubbing Some Answers
The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0751538D%20SW%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f27a-d583-afbf-f2fe0ffe0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">World Health Organization-bsp-bb-link> is wading into the world of AI to provide basic health information through a human-like avatar. But while the bot responds sympathetically to users’ facial expressions, it doesn’t always know what it’s talking about.
Surprise Bill Win Rate Raises Cost Question, HHS Official Says
The high win rates health care providers are having in payment disputes under the No Surprises Act raise questions about whether the 2021 law is truly reducing health care costs, according to a Department of Heath and Human Services official.
California Health-Care Minimum Wage Bump Faces Fiscal Shortfall
Health-care facilities across California are preparing for a new minimum wage covering the industry to take effect June 1 even as the governor has signaled there could be changes to the law in the face of a multibillion-dollar budget deficit.
PRACTITIONER INSIGHTS
View More InsightsLatest Stories
Walgreens Sued Over Alleged Benzene Link to Its Acne Products
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. was hit with a class action alleging the company failed to disclose to consumers that its some of its acne treatment products contain or can degrade to form dangerous levels of a known carcinogen.
Black VA Nurse Fails to Revive Bias, Retaliation Suit on Appeal
A Department of Veterans Affairs worker failed to show the agency discriminated against her because of her race and national origin when it declined to promote her to a chief nurse role, a federal appeals court said.
Kaiser $3 Million Class Settlement Approved Over Hearing Aids
UnitedHealth Group CEO to Testify at House Panel on Cyber Attack
UnitedHealth Group CEO <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-f7a4-d583-afbf-f7fcb8670000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Andrew Witty-bsp-person> will testify May 1 at a House Energy and Commerce panel about the cyber attack on Change Healthcare.
New York Set to Add Managed Care Tax to Offset Medicaid Expenses
New York lawmakers are set to impose a new tax on health insurers in the state budget as a revenue-raiser to cover growing Medicaid costs.
IQVIA Plans to Settle Class Lawsuit Over 401(k) Investments
Judges Mull Defining ‘Moving Target’ AI in Evidence Rules
Federal judges are wrestling with how to define artificial intelligence when dealing with evidence presented in trials, with some raising concerns that too broad a definition could sweep in items as common as receipts and thermometers.
Crypto.com Arena Owner Defeats Ex-Employee’s Vaccine Bias Claims
The corporate entities behind the Los Angeles arena formerly known as the Staples Center secured a pretrial win ending a lawsuit alleging they wrongly fired a worker who sought a religious exemption to a Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
Cochlear Limited Osia System Cleared by FDA for Kids 5 and Up
Beyond Abortion: The Fight Over Fetal Personhood Is Here
When do legal rights begin, at birth or before that? This video looks at the fetal personhood movement, and what it could mean for the future of abortion. We explore its history and the constitutional argument underpinning it.
From Across Bloomberg Law
- Business & Practice
- Environment & Energy Report
- Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
- The United States Law Week
FTX Investors Settle With Bankman-Fried to Pursue Promoters (1)
A group of <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/2119544D%20BM%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-f82f-d583-afbf-faff3b970000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">FTX-bsp-bb-link>investors and customers has agreed to drop their claims against co-founder
Giuliani’s Son, Former Aide Hit With Subpoenas in Asset Search
Rudolph Giuliani’s creditors expanded their probe into the former New York mayor’s finances, filing more than a dozen subpoenas in his bankruptcy case on Friday.
Kushner Real Estate Firm Promotes Ex-Litigation Funding Lawyer
Kushner Cos. LLC, the real estate company controlled by the extended family of Trump in-law Jared Kushner, has named its fourth general counsel in four years.
Musk Lawyer Spiro Claims He Was ‘Denigrated’ During Deposition
Elon Musk’s lawyer is firing back at the attorney who accused him of trying to sabotage the tech billionaire’s deposition in a Texas defamation case.
Judges Mull Defining ‘Moving Target’ AI in Evidence Rules (1)
Federal judges are wrestling with how to define artificial intelligence when dealing with evidence presented in trials, with some raising concerns that too broad a definition could sweep in items as common as receipts and thermometers.
Hinshaw & Culbertson Adds Florida Insurance Litigation Partners
Julie A. Frusciente and Katherine Kulik have joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as partners in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the firm said Friday.
Covid Vaccine & Personal Data: Does HIPAA Still Matter?
EXPLORE BLOOMBERG LAW
Get the latest legal, regulatory, and enforcement news and analysis, as well as in-depth business and industry covering in the following areas: