Dive Brief: California hospital chain Sutter Health reported a $ 689 million loss for the third quarter ending Sept. 30. Much of that is due to a $ 575 million set-aside in anticipation of settling an antitrust lawsuit sometime next year. A state court judge will preliminarily finalize the settlement in February with a final settlement… Read More »
Law firm Murphy, Falcon & Murphy has filed a statewide class action lawsuit against Baltimore provider LifeBridge Health on behalf of more than 530,000 consumers whose personal information including Social Security numbers, birth dates, names, addresses, health insurance information, client treatment information, and medical diagnoses were stolen. The data breach occurred on or about September… Read More »
Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not notify President Trump that the Department of Justice would join a lawsuit challenging Obamacare’s rules on pre-exising conditions, the president told Axios on HBO. “No, he didn’t,” Trump said when asked whether Sessions had given him the head’s up about the decision. That claim goes against Sessions’ recollection of… Read More »
Image caption The Essure coil has been removed from sale Women in Australia will pursue a class action lawsuit over a sterilisation device that has allegedly caused medical problems for women worldwide. The lawsuit against German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, maker of the Essure implant, will follow similar actions in the UK, US and Canada. Women… Read More »