From a Kansas hospital firing back in a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by a former emergency department nurse to House Republicans earning another win in their lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's implementation of the Affordable Care Act, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
1. Kansas hospital fires back in nurse whistle-blower lawsuit
Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital officials addressed a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by a former emergency department nurse by saying the allegations are "baseless."
2. House Republicans earn another win for ACA lawsuit
A federal judge denied the Obama administration's request to immediately appeal a ruling in House Republicans' lawsuit challenging the administration's implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
3. Millennium Health inks $256M deal to settle kickback, false claims allegations
San Diego-based Millennium Health, formerly Millennium Laboratories, agreed to pay the federal government $256 million to resolve claims the company violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute.
4. Tuomey dodges $237M false claims verdict by settling with DOJ: 10 things to know
Tuomey Healthcare System agreed to pay the federal government $72.4 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, allowing the Sumter, S.C.-based system to avoid a $237 million judgment entered against it and upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in July.
5. Turing Pharmaceuticals faces antitrust inquiry following 5,000% drug price hike: 4 things to know
Turing Pharmaceuticals, the company that elicited public outcry after raising the price of its drug Daraprim by 5,000 percent overnight, faces an antitrust inquiry regarding its marketing and distribution of the drug.
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