Strike possibility looms ahead of Allina nurse vote | (Minneapolis) Star Tribune
Nurses at five Allina Health hospitals will vote Monday whether to authorize potential strikes or accept three-year contracts in a showdown over Allina's insistence that they give up their union-protected health insurance and move to their employer's standard benefits.
Sanders pressures Clinton to back drug price initiative | The Hill
Hillary Clinton is under mounting pressure from supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to back California's ballot measure aimed at reducing steep drug prices ahead of the state's primary on Tuesday.
Lawsuit: Horizon misled on how it selected N.J. hospitals for top insurance tier | NJ.com
A group of hospitals suing Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey for excluding them from a new line of discount health plans claims they have proof the insurance giant based its decision not on quality or cost, despite its marketing claims.
Medicare fraud defense team accuses Miami feds of 'spying' | Miami Herald / Florida Bulldog
In a stunning twist in a long-running Medicare fraud case, both the Miami U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI stand accused of spying on a defendant's lawyer by illegally and secretly obtaining copies of confidential defense documents.
Health insurer, pharmacists partner to battle opioid abuse in Kentucky | Louisville Business First
WellCare of Kentucky and the Kentucky Pharmacists Association are partnering to combat opioid overdose deaths in Kentucky. The partnership was announced Friday, at the association's annual conference in the downtown Louisville Marriott Hotel. The partnership seeks to connect addicts with medical devices that could encourage the use of the life-saving drug Naloxone.
Pittsburgh's Allegheny Health Network plans policy on opioids | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Doctors with Allegheny Health Network may soon write fewer narcotics prescriptions, part of a company push to help tame the epidemic of opioid addiction. The Pittsburgh system is drafting a unified policy that will govern when and how its 1,100 physicians should offer addictive painkillers such as morphine and oxycodone, said Jack Kabazie, the AHN division director for pain medicine.
Georgia health system rejects county's settlement offer | Northwest Georgia News
Legal wrangling between Georgia's Walker County and Erlanger Health System seems set to continue for the foreseeable future. Attorney Stuart James, acting as the county's special counsel, presented a $1.3 million settlement offer during the week that ended May 27, one that could have led to mediation of all issues between the county and Erlanger, as well as the Hospital Authority of Walker, Dade and Catoosa Counties.
