http://www.modernhealthcare.com Latest News from Modern Healthcare - Legal en-us 144 21 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/?utm_source=tagid-rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagid-rss http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130523/INFO/305239987/u-s-companies-challenging-contraception-mandate Thu, 23 May 2013 15:45:00 EST Hobby Lobby Stores is challenging the part of the federal healthcare law that requires for-profit companies to offer employees health coverage that includes products the business owners find morally objectionable, such as certain types of... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130523/INFO/305239987 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130522/INFO/305229986/wash-judge-outlaws-parking-mentally-ill Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:00 EST The practice of temporarily "parking" the mentally ill in hospital emergency rooms without treatment violates state and federal law, Pierce County (Wash.) Superior Court Judge Kathryn Nelson ruled in a decision that could affect how mental health... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130522/INFO/305229986 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130522/INFO/305229987/da-vinci-surgery-case-goes-to-seattle-area-jury Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 EST Jury deliberations are set to begin in the first case to go to trial of at least 26 lawsuits against Intuitive Surgical alleging injuries tied to its da Vinci robotic system. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130522/INFO/305229987 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130520/INFO/305209987/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-medtronic-patent-case Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:00 EST The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130520/INFO/305209987 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130518/MAGAZINE/305189975/exclusion-efforts http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130518/MAGAZINE/305189975/AR/0/Excluded.jpg Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EST Amid looming shortages in healthcare workers, one branch of the federal government is ramping up aggressive efforts to keep some of them far away from patients. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130518/MAGAZINE/305189975 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130518/MAGAZINE/305189960/regional-news-south-its-not-over-yet http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130518/MAGAZINE/305189960/AR/0/Phoebe-Putney-restraining-order.jpg Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:00 EST Georgia's Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital for $200 million, lost a key legal battle last week when a federal judge imposed what he called an "extraordinary and... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130518/MAGAZINE/305189960 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130517/INFO/305179977/ark-doctors-ask-court-to-block-states-new-abortion-rules Fri, 17 May 2013 11:45:00 EST Two doctors are set to ask a U.S. judge to block the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, an Arkansas law banning most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy if a fetal heartbeat can be detected. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130517/INFO/305179977 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305159946/order-prevents-phoebe-putney-from-integrating-new-hospital http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130515/NEWS/305159946/AR/0/AR-305159946.jpg Wed, 15 May 2013 20:15:00 EST Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130515/NEWS/305159946 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305149950/c-r-bard-to-pay-48-3-million-to-settle-kickback-case http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130514/NEWS/305149950/AR/0/AR-305149950.jpg Tue, 14 May 2013 14:45:00 EST Medical-device maker C.R. Bard Inc. agreed to pay $48.3 million to resolve allegations that the company illegally rewarded physicians and other customers for using its radiation seeds in the treatment of prostate cancer. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130514/NEWS/305149950 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130513/NEWS/305139968/indian-drugmaker-ranbaxy-agrees-to-500m-settlement http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130513/NEWS/305139968/AR/0/AR-305139968.jpg Mon, 13 May 2013 15:15:00 EST The Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy, which already operates under an unprecedented consent decree banning sales of many of its products in the U.S., agreed to plead guilty in federal court and pay $500 million to resolve allegations of shoddy... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130513/NEWS/305139968 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130513/INFO/305139986/philly-abortion-doctor-guilty-in-three-babies-deaths Mon, 13 May 2013 17:45:00 EST An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy, "house of horrors" clinic. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130513/INFO/305139986 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119969/he-was-killing-throughout http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119969/AR/0/The-Good-Nurse.jpg Sat, 11 May 2013 00:01:00 EST In his book "The Good Nurse," Charles Graeber chronicles the crimes of critical-care nurse Charles Cullen, who killed dozens of patients. Graeber discusses the book with reporter Joe Carlson. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119969 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/NEWS/130519996/gop-senator-says-sebelius-fundraising-may-violate-federal-law http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130511/NEWS/130519996/AR/0/AR-130519996.jpg Sat, 11 May 2013 16:45:00 EST The ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Saturday said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may be violating federal law in her fundraising efforts to help implement the 2010 healthcare overhaul. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/NEWS/130519996 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119971/high-stakes-decision http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CH/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119971/AR/0/Jay-Cox.jpg Sat, 11 May 2013 00:01:00 EST The next time whistle-blower attorney Joel Androphy sits down for a settlement conference with hospital lawyers, he'll have a potent new tool in his arsenal: last week's $39 million Stark law jury verdict against Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter,... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119971 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119958/regional-news-west-adventist-to-pay-14-million-over-allegations-it Sat, 11 May 2013 00:01:00 EST LOS ANGELES -- Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health agreed to pay $14.1 million to resolve allegations that it improperly compensated physicians who referred patients to the system's White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles. White... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130511/MAGAZINE/305119958