Healthcare
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A unit of the electronic health records giant Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. engaged in an “abhorrent” scheme to help an opioid company push the dangerous drugs on patients who may not have needed them, according court filings by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Seventh Circuit panel on Tuesday swept aside a “flurry of arguments” made by Johnson & Johnson in its unsuccessful bid to convince the court to throw out a $20 million judgment in favor of a woman who claimed she was harmed by the company’s Prolift pelvic mesh device… Read this piece in its entirety
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A whistleblower who helped unveil a Michigan doctor’s health care fraud can’t share in a $3.27 million settlement related to the scam because he didn’t allege the specific activities that were tied to that amount, a Michigan federal court ruled Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A New York doctor was convicted on Thursday of taking kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc. in exchange for prescribing a potent painkiller sold by the company, while he awaits trial on separate charges that he prescribed “staggering quantities” of Oxycodone and fentanyl that killed a patient… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A coalition of groups representing hospitals across the U.S. are challenging a Trump administration rule that would force hospitals to publicly disclose pricing information for health care items and services, calling the rule “unlawful, several times over”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 