Health Law Highlights

Aetna agreed to pay $115 million to settle allegations that it manipulated diagnosis codes to inflate risk scores for Medicare Advantage enrollees. A former risk-adjustment coding…

Private equity firms have invested over $1 trillion in debt-financed healthcare transactions over the past decade, with 93% of healthcare companies carrying speculative debt being private…

The U.S. Department of Justice recovered more than $6.8 billion in False Claims Act settlements and judgments in fiscal year 2025, marking the largest annual total…

The OIG issued a favorable advisory opinion allowing a medical device manufacturer to subsidize Medicare cost-sharing obligations for patients enrolled in a clinical trial testing an…

Aetna Inc. agreed to pay $117,700,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting inaccurate diagnosis codes for Medicare Advantage enrollees to…

The Office of Inspector General approved an arrangement allowing a management company affiliated with urgent care centers to establish an independent clinical laboratory without violating the…

The FDA issued a warning about Generation 1 Purge Cassettes in Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Impella heart pumps after the components were linked to 4 injuries.…

The DOJ Antitrust Division awarded its first whistleblower payout of $1 million to an individual who exposed a bid rigging and fraud scheme at EBlock Corp.’s…

Texas Attorney has launched an investigation into what he describes as potentially the largest data breach in U.S. history, issuing Civil Investigative Demands to Blue Cross…

Ambulatory surgery centers now treat patients with conditions far beyond their original design parameters. ASCs increasingly care for patients with diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, arrhythmias, anticoagulation…