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Bill would allow patients to sue devicemakers in state courts
Last year, the Supreme Court gladdened the hearts of devicemakers when it concluded that plaintiffs couldn't sue them in state court over alleged damages resulting from FDA-approved products. The... Read more...
California bans balance billing
Capping years of debate, a new law just went into effect in California banning balance billing, a landmark measure that may further shift the balance of power in the direction of health plans.... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: S&P to rate non-profit hospitals' IT investments; Pharmas winning legal battle over pre-emption; and much more...
> Ratings firm Standard & Poor's has announced that it plans to track not-for-profit hospitals' IT investments and factor them in significantly in how they rate the hospitals' financial... Read more...
Pharmas may be able to drag suits to federal court
Increasingly, consumers who feel that they've been injured by drugs are taking their case to state courts. Their adversaries, the pharmaceutical companies, have long contended that the cases had no... Read more...
