US Alleges Medicare Insurers, Brokers Used Illegal Kickbacks May 2, 2025 By John Tozzi and Ike Swetlitz The U.S. Department of Justice sued top health insurance companies and brokers alleging they used illegal kickbacks to steer members...
Oracle Warns Health Customers of Patient Data Breach March 31, 2025 By Jake Bleiberg, Margi Murphy and Brody Ford Hackers broke into Oracle Corp.’s computer systems and stole patient data in an attempt to extort multiple medical providers in...
A True Alternative to Opioids for Workers’ Comp? Questions Remain March 10, 2025 By Nikki Wilson Recent FDA approval of suzetrigine, representing the first new class of pain medication in more than 20 years, is generating...
Sharp Increase in Counselor License Protection Claims Highlights Rising Professional Risks September 20, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel License protection adverse incidents and claims against counselors to the Board of Professional Counselors has nearly doubled in the last...
Health Systems Increasingly Targets of Cyberattacks But They Can be Ready August 14, 2024 By William Rabb Just as a Southeastern U.S. blood center tries to recover from another cyberattack on a health system, others who have...
Hospital Operator Ascension ‘Making Progress’ to Restore Systems After Cyberattack May 14, 2024 By Chad Hemenway Hospital operator Ascension said on Monday that it “worked around the clocked” over the weekend to handle a recent ransomware...
Change Healthcare Cyberattack is Still Disrupting Pharmacies, Other Providers February 29, 2024 By Sana Pashankar and John Tozzi A cyberattack that has disrupted Change Healthcare’s computer networks for nearly a week is creating a growing administrative problem for...
Hospital Must Turn Over Info on Famous Cardiologist, Appeals Court Says April 20, 2022 By William Rabb Once a party relinquishes information considered privileged, it cannot then claim that other information about the same subject must remain...
Systems Remain Down at Health Network After Cyberattack November 2, 2020 By Lisa Rathke The University of Vermont Health Network, including six hospitals in Vermont and New York, on Friday was still dealing with...
Study Reveals Nearly Half of U.S. Medical Care Comes From ER Visits October 24, 2017 Nearly half of all U.S. medical care is delivered by emergency departments, according to a new study by researchers at...