Tag: Lawsuit
DOJ sues UnitedHealth to block Amedisys deal
November 20, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice, together with the attorneys general of Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey and New York, has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block UnitedHealth Group’s proposed $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys because it would eliminate competition between the two companies.
Since UnitedHealth’s acquisition of LHC Group, a competitor of Amedisys, in 2023, UnitedHealth and Amedisys have been two of the largest home health and hospice providers...
NCPA applauds judge’s ruling in CVS case
November 18, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association applauds a decision by a federal judge in Arizona in a class action case against CVS that a court, not an arbitrator, should decide whether a plaintiff’s claims against the company must be sent to arbitration. Judge John J. Tuchi of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona agreed with Osterhaus Pharmacy that a provision in its contract with CVS that all disputes must be decided by an arbitrator is unconscionable,...
PSN Labs responds to Philips lawsuit
October 7, 2024HME News Staff
PITTSBURGH – PSN Labs has disputed claims made by Philips that the lab caused “significant damage” to the company by conducting “numerous egregious errors in its testing and analysis” related to recalled sleep and respiratory devices. In a response filed Sept. 27 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, PSN says the company “has continued to mischaracterize testing results in an effort to conceal the ultimate foam degradation issue.”...
NCPA, providers sue UnitedHealth Group over cyberattack
July 22, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association, along with dozens of providers from multiple states, filed a class action lawsuit July 19 against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries Change Healthcare and Optum for losses resulting from their massive cyberattack earlier this year.
NCPA and the providers say Change Healthcare failed to take reasonable precautions against a catastrophic breach; mislead them about its network security; and caused massive financial...
Philips wants SoClean to pay part of settlement
May 16, 2024HME News Staff
PITTSBURGH – Philips has sued SoClean in a bid to get the company, whose ozone cleaners it says “attacks” the foam in its CPAP devices, to pay part of its recently announced $1.1 billion settlement.
Philips announced the settlement in April to resolve the personal injury litigation and the medical monitoring class action related to a recall of certain sleep and respiratory devices in the U.S.
“(SoClean’s) negligent and intentionally misleading...
State AG sues Apria Healthcare
March 11, 2024HME News Staff
INDIANAPOLIS – The Attorney General for the state of Indiana on Feb. 29 filed a lawsuit against Apria Healthcare related to a data breach that the state says persisted for multiple years. Apria, which had its main headquarters in Indianapolis before it was bought by Richmond, Va.-based Owens & Minor in 2022, previously provided notice of the breach in May 2023. The lawsuit requests relief on a number of counts, including award damages of up to $100 per violation for up to $25,000 per violation...
NCPA backs new PBM lawsuit
December 19, 2023HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association is throwing its support behind another class action lawsuit filed against UnitedHealth Group and its pharmacy benefit manager, OptumRx. The lawsuit, announced by the law firms Berger Montague PC and Cohen & Gresser LLP, claims that UnitedHealth Group and OptumRx have been assessing pharmacy DIR fees in violation of federal antitrust laws and state laws governing contracts. “After years of abuse at the hands of big insurance...
Claims period opens for Philips recall
December 12, 2023HME News Staff
AMSTERDAM – Counsel for the lead plaintiffs in the Philips recall lawsuit have announced that the claims filing period has opened for the previously announced settlement fully resolving economic loss claims. Patients and medical providers who purchased, rented or leased recalled devices, as well as payers who provided reimbursements for those payments, are eligible to participate in the settlement from Dec. 11, 2023, through Aug. 9, 2024. Under the terms of the settlement, users are eligible...
Class action filed against AdaptHealth
November 2, 2023HME News Staff
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – A class action lawsuit has been filed against AdaptHealth alleging the company misrepresented the strength of its diabetes business, causing investors to pay inflated prices for shares in the company.
The lawsuit, filed Oct. 24 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by the Allegheny County Employees Retirement System, alleges that between Aug. 4, 2020, and Feb. 27, 2023, AdaptHealth and certain senior executives overcharged...
In brief: Philips refutes claims, MA premiums remain stable, NCPA supports CVS lawsuit
September 29, 2023HME News Staff
AMSTERDAM – Philips disagrees with “characterizations” in recent articles that the company knew for several years about problems with certain ventilators and sleep apnea devices.
ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sept. 27 published an article saying that Philips knew about a dangerous breakdown inside its widely used ventilators and sleep apnea machines but waited years before recalling the devices in 2021.
In a statement, Philips said it had previously...