HHS Policy Statement Limits Public Participation in Rulemaking
On Friday, February 28, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a policy statement stating that it would limit the extent to which members of [...]
Meet the New Government: The Trump HHS Changes
President Donald Trump was re-inaugurated for his second term on January 20, 2025. Through early February of 2025, HHS has undergone significant personnel changes, with more to [...]
Change Healthcare Breach, Plus 12 Other Massive Breaches in 2024
The Change Healthcare saga continues. When first reported, the infamous Change Healthcare data breach was thought to affect a record-breaking 100,000,000 patients. However, new reports now put [...]
2024 DOJ False Claims Act Settlements in Healthcare Recover $1.67B
2024 was a record-breaking year for whistleblower cases filed under the False Claims Act (FCA). There were 979 whistleblower filings allowing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to [...]
Health Information Technology Provider Particle Health Files EPIC Lawsuit
In late September, Particle Health, a patient data aggregation and delivery platform that provides both data and insights to healthcare companies, filed a lawsuit against Epic Systems, [...]
FTC Lawsuit Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers Alleges Unfair Competition
In September 2024, the FTC sued three pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx, for artificially inflating the cost of insulin drugs. The FTC alleges [...]
Change Healthcare Class Action Lawsuit to Proceed in Federal Court
In February of 2024, Change Healthcare (Change), a healthcare payment processing company, sustained a data breach. This data breach was no ordinary data breach (to the extent [...]
AI Meets the Law: Colorado First State to Regulate AI in Healthcare
In May 2024, Colorado enacted the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (“Colorado AI Act”) - the first comprehensive artificial intelligence legislation (AI) in the United States (and with [...]
Pennsylvania Says “No” to Healthcare Noncompete Agreements
Noncompete agreements, including healthcare noncompete agreements, prohibit employees from working for a competitor or opening a competing business, typically for a certain period of time after an [...]
