Business Law Health Law Committee

CMA’s standing to sue health insurer under the UCL based on diverting resources to oppose a business practice presents a triable issue. Read more

Public health care service plans are not immune from provider reimbursement actions under the Knox-Keene Act. Read more

Family members placed Gorgi Talevski in a county-owned nursing home in Indiana when his dementia progressed to the point they could no longer care for him. Read more

Deanna Hodges worked for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in an administrative role with no patient care responsibilities. Cedars terminated her employment because she refused to get a flu vaccine.  Cedars’s flu vaccine policy made exceptions for employees who established “a valid medical or religious exemption.” Employees who d Read more

Corrections officials may not engage in unconsented “patient dumping” of medically compromised parolees. Read more

David Dubin overbilled Medicaid $338 by overstating the qualifications of employees who performed psychological testing. A jury convicted him of healthcare fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1347 and aggravated identity theft under § 1028A. Read more

After receiving a bill for emergency medical treatment at Doctors Medical Center of Modesto (Hospital), Joshua Naranjo filed a class action lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Read more

Some skilled nursing facilities serving Medi-Cal beneficiaries may provide special treatment program (STP) services to patients with chronic psychiatric impairments, for which they receive reimbursement from the Department of Health Care Services based on days of care and type of services provided. Read more

Doctor’s irregular prescription of controlled substances to family member is good cause for disclosure of family member’s private medical information. Read more

Plaintiffs suing public entities for medical negligence must meet both Government Claims Act and MICRA deadlines. Read more