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Seattle Children's Hospital is seeking a court order that would remove two health plans from the new state insurance exchange because the plans don't include the hospital in their provider network.
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An appeals court has sided again with an Ohio hospital that wants to force a 10-year-old Amish girl to resume chemotherapy after her parents decided to stop the treatments.
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The Supreme Court on Monday sought the legal views of the Obama administration in a medical device manufacturer's appeal of a ruling that the company can be sued by a man who was left paralyzed after using one of its products.
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After eight years of fierce legal confrontation with the federal government, board members at Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter, S.C., lack a permanent CEO, owe on junk-status bonds and face the highest penalties levied against a community hospital in a...
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The battle continues between drugmakers and healthcare providers over the breadth of the federal 340B drug discount program, which assists providers serving indigent and uninsured patients.
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Tri-City Medical Center says it's moving on from a losing four-year legal battle with competitor Scripps Health.
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The nation's most active death-penalty state has turned to a compounding pharmacy to replace its expired execution drugs, according to documents released Wednesday, weeks after Texas prison officials declined to say how they obtained the drugs amid a nationwide shortage.
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A clerical error means Tuomey Healthcare System in South Carolina owes $39 million less than a federal judge ordered Tuesday. But the system still is on the hook for $238 million in damages for violating the federal False Claims Act. A settlement to resolve the case, meanwhile, may still be in the...
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A judge ordered Tuomey Healthcare System to pay $277 million for violating laws that bar hospitals from paying doctors to refer Medicare patients, though a settlement could still be in the works.
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Accretive Health has agreed to pay $14 million to settle a lawsuit filed last year by shareholders of the beleaguered Chicago company.
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