Becker's Healthcare October 3, 2024
From UnitedHealthcare suing to prevent CMS from downgrading its Medicare Advantage star ratings, to California’s attorney general suing a hospital after a woman was denied an emergency abortion, here are 10 recent healthcare industry lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker’s has reported since Sept. 24:
1. A Kansas judge denied Aetna’s petition for judicial review of the state’s Medicaid contract awards.
2. UnitedHealthcare is asking a federal court to prevent CMS from downgrading its Medicare Advantage star ratings based on one phone call.
3. California attorney general Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against AHMC Healthcare, claiming the Alhambra-based health system’s service reductions at one Bay Area hospital and closure of another facility violate conditions set by the state...