/healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Healthcare Authority Digital Health & Technology Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:04:26 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2425086?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2425086 A Pittsburgh law firm that handles medical malpractice and insurance litigation faces a proposed class action complaint alleging that it failed to protect the private health and personal data of patients whose information was stolen in a data breach. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:59:24 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2424277?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2424277 The maker of an in vitro fertilization incubator system has filed a breach of contract lawsuit in Colorado federal court, claiming an artificial intelligence-based fertility company owes it nearly $900,000 for embryoscope incubator systems it sold to the lab. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:11:35 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2423464?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2423464 The U.S. International Trade Commission has had a busy week in intellectual property, determining a series of toy gun imports don't infringe Spin Master patents licensed to Hasbro, instituting reviews requested by companies including Ouraring, AbbVie and Juul, and receiving several new complaints. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:06:54 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2423254?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2423254 A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a proposed data breach class action against Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc. over the named plaintiffs purported inability to serve as leaders of the suit, ruling that they had two years to find substitutes. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:34:15 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2421138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2421138 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hit Epic Systems Corp. with an antitrust suit in state court on Wednesday alleging the company is illegally seeking to monopolize markets for electronic health records software. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:38:45 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2420988?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2420988 An Illinois state appeals court affirmed the dismissal of a man's suit claiming two State Farm life insurers violated Illinois' genetic information privacy law, finding a section barring the use of genetic protected health information for underwriting purposes does not apply to life insurance companies. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:11:31 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2420664?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2420664 Over 1.6 million patients affected by HealthEC's cybersecurity attack in 2023 asked a New Jersey magistrate judge for her final stamp of approval on a $5.48 million class action settlement, arguing Monday the resolution includes additional, significant benefits like Medical Shield Complete which protects them from healthcare-related fraud.  Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:01:29 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2420398?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2420398 Apple Inc. has told the Federal Circuit that the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision last month to review whether a redesigned Apple Watch infringes Masimo Corp. patents "underscores the need" for the appeals court to reverse the ITC's original infringement finding. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:25:10 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2419833?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2419833 A trio of Dechert LLP partners, including the co-chair of its global intellectual property practice, have joined Cooley LLP alongside a team of special counsel, associates and patent agents, the firm announced Tuesday. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:09:07 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2418505?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2418505 A Georgia-based medical billing practice asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of failing to properly secure its patients and employees' personal information that was exposed in a September data breach, arguing the plaintiffs failed to show their data was publicly disseminated or otherwise misused. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:40:29 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2418806?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2418806 Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged a Ninth Circuit panel during a hearing Friday to scrap orders requiring him to give a limited deposition in privacy litigation over Facebook's alleged collection of health data, arguing the plaintiffs failed to exhaust alternative methods of getting the information they seek. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:03:29 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2417100?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2417100 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has instituted four inter partes reviews and two post-grant reviews, the first Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges to get his sign-off since he took over the institution review process. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:32:48 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2417091?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2417091 CVS has agreed to pay $37.76 million to settle allegations that the major pharmacy retailer violated federal law by overdispensing and overbilling for insulin pens to government healthcare programs, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.  Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:39:55 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2415630?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2415630 Law360 introduces the lawyers appearing at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case focused on an anti-abortion crisis center and a state attorney general's attempt to subpoena details on its donors. Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:58:30 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2415509?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2415509 A California federal judge granted preliminary approval Tuesday to a settlement of at least $46 million from three Kaiser Permanente entities to resolve claims by 13.1 million patients across the country who say it disclosed their information to Google, Microsoft, Twitter and other third parties without consent. Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:20:10 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2415226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2415226 A couple who sold their healthcare software business to an interest of Elevate RCM Holdings LLC before the buyer allegedly resold it for a reported $1 billion sued for company records in Delaware's Court of Chancery late Monday, seeking documents needed to confirm the deal's fairness. Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:52:34 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2414489?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2414489 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has completed a decision-making process and established a new policy under which the agency will share certain Medicaid information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Monday. Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:17:08 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2414768?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2414768 A Pennsylvania federal judge partially quashed part of a U.S. Department of Justice subpoena seeking health records for minors receiving gender-affirming care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, ruling that the department lacked the statutory authority "for a rambling exploration" of medical files involving state-sanctioned medical care. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:25:38 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2413087?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2413087 The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act — which will soon be the sole comprehensive artificial intelligence law in the U.S. — pulls threads from EU and Colorado laws but introduces more targeted rules with fewer obligations on commercial entities, say attorneys at MVA Law. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:34:09 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2413340?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2413340 The high-octane fight between Apple and Masimo over smartwatch patents escalated again last week, when a California federal jury hit Apple with a $634 million infringement verdict and the U.S. International Trade Commission agreed to assess whether its redesigned products infringe Masimo's patents.