Texas physician James Don Jackson, MD, and eight others including three pharmacy owners, two pharmacists and three patient recruiters, were sentenced for their roles in a $126 million compounding pharmacy fraud scheme designed to bilk workers’ compensa…
On April 14, Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. ordered mifepristone to remain available for at least another five days as the Supreme Court mulls the case.
A cardiothoracic surgeon who formerly served as an executive at Macon, Ga.-based Navicent Health was awarded more $5 million after a jury found he was forced out of his position, Fox and ABC affiliate WGXA reported April 14.
An Arkansas physician convicted of a $12 million fraud scheme was sentenced to 102 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $4.63 million in restitution to Tricare, a military health insurer.
Danco Laboratories agreed to pay $765,000 April 12 to settle accusations of the drug distributor importing active pharmaceutical ingredients for its one drug, Mifeprex (mifepristone), and not marking its country of origin or paying marking duties.
Hours after the Florida Legislature sent a bill that places a six-week ban on abortions to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk, he signed it into law, according to an April 13 statement from his office.
A former physician acquitted in the death of 14 patients is suing Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health for malicious prosecution, according to court documents obtained by Becker’s.
A former Kentucky nurse has pleaded guilty to manslaughter of a patient after initially being charged with murder, Lexington Herald Leader reported April 13.
Florida stands to be one of the most restrictive states in the country when it comes to abortion, if Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation passed April 13 that would prohibit abortions after six weeks, according to The New York Times.
Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West is suing a California hospital, alleging the facility laid off employees instead of complying with a new city minimum pay law, according to mynewsla.com.
