Healthcare

CLASS ACTION ALERT: Rosen Law Firm Announces Filing of Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc. – FCHS

To join the First Choice class action, go to http://www.rosenlegal.com/cases-register-1544.html or call Phillip Kim, Esq. of Rosen Law Firm toll free at 866-767-3653 or via e-mail at pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com. Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. 1 by ISS …


CLASS ACTION ALERT: Rosen Law Firm Announces Filing of Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc. – FCHS

Rosen Law Firm, P.A. Logo MoreTo join the First Choice class action, go to http://www.rosenlegal.com/cases-register-1544.html or call Phillip Kim, Esq. of Rosen Law Firm toll free at 866-767-3653 or via e-mail at pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com. Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative …


Sen. Kamala Harris Likely to Face Lawsuit Over California Attorney General Conduct

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., will likely lose an effort to get a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that she abused her authority as California’s attorney general. On Wednesday, a San Diego dstrict court judge indicated the allegations likely have enough merit to go to trial. “At this juncture, given the limited scope the court has to view these allegations … it seems almost inconceivable the …


NorthShore Antitrust Class Action Over Highland Park Merger Moves Forward

A group of managed-care organizations can sue NorthShore University HealthSystem over allegations that they were charged anticompetitive prices for healthcare after the 2000 merger that created the system. An Illinois federal judge largely preserved a class-action lawsuit against NorthShore stemming from the 2000 merger of Evanston (Ill.) Northwestern Healthcare and Highland Park (Ill.) …


Judge Allows Class-Action Antitrust Suit Against NorthShore to Proceed

Judge allows class-action antitrust suit against NorthShore to proceed Written by Ayla Ellison (Twitter | Google+) | September 13, 2016 | Print | Email U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang denied Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem’s motion for summary judgment Sept. 9 in a class-action antitrust lawsuit, according to the Cook County Record. In the suit, a group of health …



Calif. Lawyers Mull Class Action Suit to Hold Carolinas HealthCare ‘accountable’

Two months after the federal and state governments sued Carolinas HealthCare System over alleged antitrust violations, a San Francisco-based plaintiffs’ law firm has announced it’s looking for people who might have been harmed and could sue for related damages. In a notice on its website, the 65-lawyer firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein says it’s investigating the Charlotte-based …


Government Jumps Into Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Against Prime

The U.S. Justice Department has joined a whistle-blower’s lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services alleging the hospital chain fraudulently billed Medicare for beneficiaries admitted as inpatients when they should have been treated as outpatients. The government filed notice in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday saying it would partly intervene in the case. Whistle-blower cases often …


Are Health Hackers the New Cyber Security Threat?

Last January an administrator at health insurer Anthem noticed an unusually complex query running on the computer network. It looked like a colleague was responsible, but a quick check revealed that it was coming from somewhere else. Minutes later, Anthem was in crisis mode.