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Federal False Claims act uses narrowed, but legislators still want expansion

Things should get interesting in coming months when it comes to the application of the False Claims Act. On the one hand, the U.S. Supreme Court recently narrowed the application of the Act--but Read more...

AstraZeneca asks judge to nullify $215M drug-price lawsuit

Drugmaker AstraZeneca has asked an Alabama judge to nullify a jury verdict that ordered it to pay the state $215 million in damages in a Medicaid drug-price fraud suit. The state's 2005 suit accused Read more...

Hospitals win back $666M from Medicare

In a deal that marks one of the largest settlements ever paid by the federal government to healthcare providers, CMS has agreed to pay out $666 million to 667 hospitals that sued for back payments. Read more...

Florida expands patient access to medical records

A Florida state Supreme Court decision has given patients access to medical error and incident reports prepared by providers, overturning legislation that had limited such access. As things stood in Read more...