Health

Notices Oct 28, 2016

IMPORTANT INVESTOR ALERT: Lundin Law PC Announces Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Adeptus Health Inc. And Encourages Investors With Losses to Contact the Firm

Lundin Law PC , a shareholder rights firm, announces a class action lawsuit has been filed against Adeptus Health Inc. (“Adeptus Health” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ADPT) on behalf of purchasers of Adeptus Health securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s secondary public offering (the “SPO”) on or about July 31, 2015, or purchasers of common shares …

Settlements Oct 27, 2016

Life Care Centers of America, Inc. Agrees to Settle Qui Tam Lawsuit Alleging That the Nursing Home Company Billed Medicare and TRICARE for Unnecessary Medical Services; Agrees to Pay $145 Million

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the settlement of a consolidated False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit that was filed against private nursing home company Life Care Centers of America, Inc. (“Life Care”). The lawsuit alleges that, between January 2006 and February 2013, Life Care engaged in health care fraud by submitting false claims to Medicare and …

Settlements Oct 27, 2016

Providence Health Agrees to Settle Pension Lawsuit

A Renton-based health care system has agreed to pay $351.9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its employee pension plan. The Seattle Times reports that two nurses with Providence Health & Services filed a lawsuit against their employer in 2014 arguing that the health care group failed to fully fund their workers’ retirement plan.

Lawsuits Oct 21, 2016

Another Huge Drug Lawsuit

Attorney General Jim Hood, with assistance from Flowood attorney John Davidson, has sued eight pharmaceutical companies, alleging that they have promoted drugs like hydrocodone by understating the health risks and overstating the benefits — in violation of state law. Washington Post editorial writer Charles Lane’s column said the lawsuit, based in Hinds County, could …

News Sep 29, 2016

Rikers Island Health Company Named in Lawsuit for Slain Inmate Won’t Pay a Dime of $5.75 Million Settlement

New York City has agreed to pay $5.75 million to the family of Bradley Ballard, a mentally ill inmate on Rikers Island who was found dead in solitary confinement after being denied water and medication for six days. The payout represents the largest the city has ever made to settle a lawsuit over the death of an inmate in custody, according to the New York Times. But in addition to the …

Lawsuits Sep 23, 2016

Months Later, Cigna Responds to DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit

Health insurer Cigna answered the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the insurer and its proposed acquirer Anthem Monday, two months after the department sued the payer over antitrust concerns. In the DOJ’s lawsuit, the department claimed Indianapolis-based Anthem and …

Settlements Sep 23, 2016

Lawsuit Settlement Could Mean Housing for Yakima’s Homeless

Under a settlement agreement reached this week, Yakima Neighborhood Health Services will drop its federal lawsuit against the city of Yakima and instead submit a new application for using Roy’s Market as an apartment building to house local homeless people. The revised application, which Neighborhood Health must submit within 90 days, will be for an apartment facility in which up to 40 homeless …

News Sep 19, 2016

ACLU Seeks Intervention in Lawsuit Targeting Anti-Discrimination Protections for Transgender People and Women

ACLU seeks intervention in lawsuit targeting anti-discrimination protections for transgender people and women FORT WORTH, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Friday filed a motion to intervene in a case challenging a section of the Affordable Care Act that prohibits health care entities from discriminating based on race, national origin, sex, age, or disability. The lawsuit, …

Lawsuits Sep 15, 2016

$500M Suit Filed Against Northrop Grumman

Fifteen Bethpage residents filed a $500 million class-action lawsuit this week against Northrop Grumman, claiming the defense contractor’s manufacturing operations exposed them to toxic chemicals in air, drinking water and soil. The residents allege that Northrop Grumman did not properly warn the community about contamination generated on a parcel of more than 600 acres in Bethpage, …

Lawsuits Sep 15, 2016

How Sweet It Is: Lawsuit Accuses Honey Nut Cheerios of Deceptive Health Claims

It may not come as a surprise to breakfast consumers that Honey Nut Cheerios — whose box features a gleeful cartoon bee dangling a honey dipper over a bowl like a magic wand — is sugary. A lawsuit filed in federal court in California against General Mills alleges, however, that consumers have been duped into thinking the company’s best-selling cereal brand is health food. The complaint, which …