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March 24, 2026
An Illinois federal judge gave his final sign-off Tuesday to a $5.7 million settlement in what he called an "interesting" case accusing Cigna of improperly advertising out-of-network providers as though they're in-network for certain benefit plans it administered.
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March 24, 2026
A Louisiana federal judge agreed to toss a federal benefits lawsuit against a health company from workers who alleged the company misspent forfeitures from their employee 401(k) plan, rejecting the workers' argument that funds should have gone toward defraying expenses instead of lowering employer-side contribution obligations.
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March 24, 2026
Under a new law, Utah hospitals will join a national effort to better understand the risks facing healthcare workers.
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March 24, 2026
The Ohio Supreme Court appeared split Tuesday as to whether a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors trumps a decade-old healthcare freedom provision passed by voters that says state laws can't block a patient from obtaining healthcare.
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March 24, 2026
A new federal anti-fraud task force involving at least a dozen federal agencies could soon expose more state and local governments, contractors, companies and others to compliance risks, particularly in healthcare fraud and False Claims Act cases, experts say.
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March 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review whether a federal court can certify a class of third-party payors who claim drugmakers hid the cancer risks of an anti-diabetes drug.
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March 24, 2026
Boston-based healthcare system Mass General Brigham shaved as much as 14 minutes a day from employees' pay by rounding their clock-in and clock-out times, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in federal court.
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March 23, 2026
Four groups of amici have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Johnson & Johnson's challenge to a Third Circuit decision allowing a securities class action over its talc products to proceed, warning the ruling could reshape how shareholder suits are litigated nationwide.
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March 23, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission announced it is launching a new task force with staff from across the agency to coordinate healthcare policy approaches and initiate investigations meant to help protect patients, healthcare workers and American taxpayers.
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March 23, 2026
Allegations that Progressive Corp. wrongly charged higher health premiums from workers who used tobacco or refused the COVID-19 vaccination failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law, an Ohio federal judge ruled as he tossed a proposed class action against the insurance giant.
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March 23, 2026
Minnesota may soon receive the release of $243 million in deferred Medicaid funds after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved the state's updated plan to combat Medicaid fraud, Minnesota state health officials told a federal court last week.
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March 23, 2026
Elevance Inc. can't compel arbitration of a union health plan's allegations the insurer caused it to pay excessive administrative fees and medical costs, a Connecticut federal judge ruled, finding the insurer and its subsidiaries waived that right by seeking to dismiss the proposed class action.
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March 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a petition from parents seeking to revive claims that the way newborn blood samples are collected and stored in a Michigan health screening program violates their rights to make medical decisions for their children.
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March 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the conviction of a former California biotech president sentenced to eight years in prison for lying about the efficacy of his company's COVID-19 and allergy testing and conducting a $70 million Medicare fraud scheme.
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March 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would not consider a case challenging California's exclusions of hospitals in neighboring states from supplemental federal payments going to providers that serve Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
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March 20, 2026
The federal government opposed a new trial bid by Keith Gray, a former NFL player and Texas laboratory owner convicted in a $328 million scheme involving billing for unnecessary cardiovascular genetic testing for Medicare beneficiaries, arguing Thursday he lacks any valid basis to "disturb the jury's sound verdict."
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March 20, 2026
A new proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to weaken emission standards for a medical sterilizer could have broader implications for the agency's power to tighten air pollution limits when new science becomes available.
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March 20, 2026
Jefferson Health and its subsidiary Einstein Healthcare Network have been hit with a nearly $109 million verdict by a Philadelphia jury in a lawsuit accusing them of negligence leading to debilitating brain injuries sustained by a child delivered at one of their hospitals.
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March 20, 2026
A federal judge granted Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's request to transfer a proposed class action alleging the insurance company violated federal benefits law by mismanaging claims in self-funded employee healthcare plans it administered, given that a similar, earlier-filed action was proceeding in an adjacent district.
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March 20, 2026
Increased scrutiny of health plans and the high costs of care are fueling a litigation uptick that's coming not just from plan participants but also from employers frustrated with their third-party administrators, said Darren Shuler, a partner at King & Spalding LLP. Here, Shuler speaks with Law360 about litigation trends involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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March 19, 2026
A coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia prevailed on Thursday in their challenge to a Trump administration move to cut access to gender-affirming care for minors when an Oregon federal judge agreed to void a policy statement from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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March 19, 2026
A Colorado federal judge denied a bid by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America seeking to halt enforcement of a state law guarding providers' ability to contract with pharmacies to distribute discounted drugs under the federal 340B program.
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March 19, 2026
Virginia lawmakers last week gave final approval to legislation that would tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis, Georgia legislators passed a dramatic expansion of the state's medical cannabis program, and Iowa lawmakers approved a bill to designate kratom as a Schedule I substance. Here are the major moves in cannabis and psychedelics legislation from the past week.
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March 19, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday undid Aetna's escape from a worker's coverage dispute over an extended hospital stay for her newborn twins, agreeing with the lower court that allegations failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law but holding that an amended complaint should have been allowed.
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March 19, 2026
Four families have asked a state judge to prevent California's largest pediatric health system from cutting off gender-affirming care for minors, alleging the move would violate state antidiscrimination laws and leave them scrambling to find new providers, some more than 100 miles away.