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Needle Exchanges Are Targeted by Eco-Rooted Lawsuits. A New California Law Will Stop That.Opponents have deployed a novel strategy to shut them down: using environmental regulations to sue over needle waste.
Payer
The Threat and Potential of Quantum Computing for Healthcare"If I was a payer right now, security and ransomware would be keeping me up at night," says one HIPAA...
Strategy
Colorado Clinic's Prescription for Healthier Patients? LawyersA Colorado health clinic incorporates legal assistance into its medical practice for patients facing eviction or deportation proceedings, among other...
Telehealth
Telemedicine Abortions Offer Cheaper Options but May Also Undermine Critical ClinicsNonprofit Carafem delivers abortion pills to a patient's home after a telemedicine visit for $375 or less.
Covid-19
Federal Vaccine Program Hasn't Helped Those Whose Lives Were Altered by COVID ShotThe options are slim for people who suffer rare life-altering injuries after a COVID shot ? a problem whose significance...
Payer
United Behavioral Health, United Healthcare to pay $15.6M for Illegal Denial of Mental Health, Substance Abuse ClaimsThe settlement stems from violations of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.
Covid-19
A California Bill Would Limit Protests at Vaccination Sites. Does It Violate the First Amendment?The measure was introduced after protesters briefly shut down a mass vaccination clinic at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium in January.
Human Resources
Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Healthcare Workers to Call Out Safety IssuesA federal court's decision could mean that hospitals will need to revise their policies barring workers from talking to the...
Clinical Care
To Get a Shot at Justice, They Were Forced to Prove Their Disabled Daughter's IntelligenceTo qualify for Florida's NICA program, infants must suffer "substantial" damage to both body and mind. Though her body was...
Strategy
It's About to Get Tougher for Transgender People in Montana to Amend Birth CertificatesFourteen other states require residents to provide proof of surgery to change the gender marker on their birth certificates.
Clinical Care
Device Makers Have Funneled Billions to Orthopedic Surgeons Who Use Their ProductsSpineFrontier allegedly paid kickbacks to surgeons who agreed to implant the highly profitable devices in hundreds of patients.
Revenue Cycle
Some Hospitals Kept Suing Patients Over Medical Debt Through the Pandemic A new study says some of the nation's largest hospital systems kept filing lawsuits, liens and garnishments ? and most...