Expert Analysis

Reproductive Health Under Trump So Far, And What's Next

Based on priorities stated so far, the Trump administration will likely continue to weaken Biden-era policies that... (more story)

What's Next For Lab Test Regulation Without FDA Authority

A recent Texas federal court decision vacating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's final rule that would apply... (more story)

6 Criteria Can Help Assess Executive Branch Actions

With new executive policy changes announced seemingly every day, several questions can help courts, policymakers a... (more story)

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Judge Says FDA Can Take Ozempic Off Shortage List

A Texas federal judge has sided with arguments from Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk A/S not to block the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from moving forward with an administrative decision stopping "unsafe, knock... (more story)

Insulet's $452M Trade Secrets Award Reduced To $59.4M

A $452 million trade secrets jury award for Insulet Corp. has been cut to $59.4 million by a Massachusetts federal judge who said the reduction is necessary to avoid double recovery and to comply with the law,... (more story)

Latham-Led LLR Clinches 7th Fund With $2.45B Committed

Latham & Watkins LLP-advised LLR Partners on Thursday announced that it wrapped its seventh private equity fund with $2.45 billion in tow.

GoodRx Beats Investor Suit Over Kroger-Linked Biz

GoodRx Holdings Inc. has escaped a proposed shareholder class action alleging it concealed from investors the indispensability of its relationship with Kroger, according to an order signed by a California fede... (more story)

This Week's Payor Earnings: UnitedHealthcare, Elevance

Healthcare payors posted mixed earnings this past week, with UnitedHealthcare signaling a tough quarter full of headwinds, while Elevance fared better despite similar challenges.

Judge Approves Prospect Medical's Pa. Hospitals' Closure 

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved Prospect Medical Holdings' request to close two Pennsylvania hospitals after the bankrupt operator was unable to secure another entity to run the hospitals despite ... (more story)

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4th Circ. Won't Rehear Health Data Access Order Challenge

The Fourth Circuit has declined an electronic medical records firm's request for the appellate court to rethink a panel's decision to dismiss its appeal of an order forcing the company to let a nursing data bu... (more story)

Dental Practices Say Ex-Contractor Holding Websites Hostage

A group of pediatric dental practices in North Carolina have accused their longtime business consultant of "hijacking" several website domains after they canceled his contract, saying he's trying to use the do... (more story)

Planned Parenthood Patients Sue Lab Co. Over Data Breach

A Washington state-based diagnostic testing services provider for Planned Parenthood has been hit with a pair of proposed class actions in Seattle federal court over an October data breach that reportedly impa... (more story)

9th Circ. Revives Defect Suit Against CR Bard Over Clot Filter

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday revived a patient's allegations that C.R. Bard's blood clot-preventing IVC filter was defective, ruling that a lower court was wrong to throw out the suit as untimely since there ... (more story)

Blue Shield Of California Sued Over Google's Patient Data Use

Blue Shield of California was slapped with a putative class action in California state court Monday, days after the health insurer announced that the personal data of some of its patients had been "impermissib... (more story)

Pharma Tech Firm Hit With Class Claims Over Data Breach

Pharmacy technology company CPS Solutions LLC allegedly failed to implement "basic data security practices" like encrypting patient information before a cybercriminal got into its email system in December, acc... (more story)

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HHS Sued Over Withholding Of $65.8M In Title X Funding

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unlawfully withheld $65.8 million in federal grants for critically needed family planning services, a nonprofit alleged in a suit filed Thursday in D.C. federal... (more story)

Justices Want More Info On HHS Authority In Task Force Row

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ordered the federal government and a group of Texas businesses and individuals to compile more information as to whether the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secret... (more story)

Sutter Health To Pay $228M In Years-Old Antitrust Suit

A class of millions of health insurance premium payors asked a California federal judge Friday to greenlight an eleventh-hour $228.5 million settlement resolving their long-running claims that hospital chain S... (more story)

Refusing Mental Healthcare Means Liability, Pa. Justices Rule

Physicians in Pennsylvania can be held liable for turning away a mental health patient who goes on to harm someone if that patient came to the hospital asking for help, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.

HHS Says Cuts Target Excess After Judge Seeks More Info

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told a Rhode Island federal judge that a group of states has no basis to challenge the cancellation of billions in grants supporting public health programs beca... (more story)

Trans Prisoners Fight For Care Over New White House Hurdles

After staff at a New Jersey federal prison told Alishea Sophia Kingdom that, due to an executive order by President Donald Trump, she would no longer be receiving hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria, Kin... (more story)