/healthcare-authority/policy-compliance?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Healthcare Authority Policy & Compliance Copyright 2026 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 09 Jan 2026 23:13:16 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428638?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428638 A Connecticut federal judge on Friday refused to hand a quick win to Mylan Pharmaceuticals and Aurobindo Pharma USA in sprawling antitrust litigation against 26 total pharmaceutical companies, ruling that a coalition of states has enough evidence to raise a genuine dispute about whether the companies conspired to fix drug prices. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:42:00 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2410388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2410388 The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off the new year by hearing disputes over the constitutionality of state laws banning transgender female athletes from female-only sports and whether state or federal courts are the proper forum for lawsuits seeking to hold major oil companies accountable for harm caused by their oil production activities along Louisiana's coast.  Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:17:50 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428537?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428537 A Michigan Court of Claims judge ruled the state health department's bid for Medicaid managed care contract proposals would unlawfully interfere with the duties of local governmental bodies that provide and coordinate behavioral health care. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:45:48 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428379 The American Veterinary Medical Association has told a Tennessee federal court that the government's concerns about professional groups are irrelevant to a veterinary school's antitrust case challenging the association's accreditation requirements. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:10:21 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428219?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428219 Former Connecticut Assistant Attorney General Joseph Nielsen and his law firm, Lowey Dannenberg PC, should not be disqualified from representing insurers in multidistrict litigation over generic drug price-fixing because he did not have any special knowledge that the states suing drugmakers hadn't already shared with the private plaintiffs, according to a special master's report and recommendation. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:56:00 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428170?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428170 A Chicago federal judge on Thursday ordered a host of Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers to pay Walgreens more than $392,000 in attorney fees and expenses for discovery misconduct in their suit that accuses the drugstore company of fraudulently overcharging for prescription drugs. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:00:05 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428096?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2428096 A Ninth Circuit panel that previously sided with Washington in a church's challenge to a state law mandating employer health coverage of abortion services voiced fresh concerns about both sides' positions when revisiting the case Thursday, roughly six months after rescinding the initial opinion without explanation. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:56:20 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427698?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427698 Oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit last month in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates suggests that the court may affirm a lower court's opinion that the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act are unconstitutional — which could wreak havoc on pending and future qui tam cases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:33:11 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426382?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426382 Following a year of drastic change at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, two themes are likely to drive the coming year — a commitment to lowering the cost of drugs and an inherent tension between the priorities of the health agencies and the broader administration, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:02:02 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427766?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427766 After more than 25 years as a general counsel handling some of the direst corporate crises imaginable, former UnitedHealth Group general counsel Rupert Bondy is returning to London to co-lead WilmerHale's crisis management and strategic response group. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:01:02 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426314?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426314 Two new federal digital health initiatives will usher in a new era where virtual care, software-enabled devices and home-based monitoring are integrated into care and reimbursement models, with the impact of shifting rules and opportunities felt most immediately in the context of informed consent, says Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:45:27 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427222?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427222 Potomac Law Group has hired a healthcare attorney with over 15 years working on LGBTQ+ protections and other civil rights issues at the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:13:25 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427316 Nonprofit healthcare system Covenant Health Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action over a data breach that reportedly compromised the information of nearly half a million people. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:10:22 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426972?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426972 An Eighth Circuit panel unanimously revived a lawsuit Tuesday by the family of an Iowa jail inmate who died by suicide, holding that a jury could find that a mental health provider's alleged incomplete report to jail staff put the inmate at greater risk.   Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:02:09 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426897?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426897 A Connecticut appellate judge seemed to doubt Tuesday that a dentist had asserted clear constitutional claims against state officials who issued a press release about his $300,000 False Claims Act settlement, suggesting the case might actually sound in defamation. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:16:50 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426814?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426814 A bankrupt Alabama hospital is asking a federal judge to allow it to drop out of a $2.8 billion antitrust class action settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield, saying it may be forced to shut down unless it can pursue separate relief in bankruptcy court. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:46:07 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426756?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426756 A federal judge halted a new 340B pilot program, handing a win for safety net healthcare providers. Healthcare attorneys say it's too early for providers to celebrate. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:46:02 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427161?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2427161 Patients with chronic health conditions sued Cigna in an Illinois federal court alleging in a proposed class action Tuesday that the company and its pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager subsidiaries use exclusive agreements to lock users into a network where Byzantine refill processes have been deliberately erected to limit payouts for life-saving drugs. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:40:52 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426861?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426861 A Federal Trade Commission official on Monday encouraged a Mississippi lawmaker to keep in mind the possible motives of opponents of proposed legislation that would exempt midwives from having to contract with physicians to provide advanced-level nursing care. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:28:58 +0000 /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426933?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/policy-compliance/articles/2426933 The U.S. Government Accountability Office has identified four federal agency funding programs as having failed to incorporate certain key requirements and leading practices meant to oversee and prevent fraud, waste and abuse in awards.