/healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Healthcare Authority Digital Health & Technology Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:41:15 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2331814?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2331814 Pharma giant Eli Lilly is taking a new tack in its efforts to protect its lucrative weight-loss drugs by raising allegations that telehealth competitors are engaged in illegal corporate practice of medicine. Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:27:46 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2329879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2329879 The Fourth Circuit has declined an electronic medical records firm's request for the appellate court to rethink a panel's decision to dismiss its appeal of an order forcing the company to let a nursing data business access its patient information. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:22:31 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2328687?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2328687 Genetic testing company 23andMe has received significant interest in the Chapter 11 auction for its assets, its counsel told a Missouri bankruptcy judge Tuesday at a hearing where it received final approval of a $35 million financing package to fund its bankruptcy case. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:57:11 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2326320?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2326320 A recent Texas federal court decision vacating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's final rule that would apply FDA regulations to laboratory-developed tests signals potential positive impacts in the diagnostic space, and could inspire more healthcare entities to litigate against the government, say attorneys at Hooper Lundy. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:39:36 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2327462?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2327462 A group of pediatric dental practices in North Carolina have accused their longtime business consultant of "hijacking" several website domains after they canceled his contract, saying he's trying to use the domains as leverage in unrelated negotiations. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:51:42 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2327088?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2327088 A Washington state-based diagnostic testing services provider for Planned Parenthood has been hit with a pair of proposed class actions in Seattle federal court over an October data breach that reportedly impacted as many as 1.6 million people. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:25:22 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2327074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2327074 The Ninth Circuit on Thursday revived a patient's allegations that C.R. Bard's blood clot-preventing IVC filter was defective, ruling that a lower court was wrong to throw out the suit as untimely since there are factual disputes as to when the patient noticed the filter had malfunctioned. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:35:16 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2326513?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2326513 Blue Shield of California was slapped with a putative class action in California state court Monday, days after the health insurer announced that the personal data of some of its patients had been "impermissibly" shared due to its use of Google Analytics on its websites. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:58:12 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2325540?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2325540 Pharmacy technology company CPS Solutions LLC allegedly failed to implement "basic data security practices" like encrypting patient information before a cybercriminal got into its email system in December, according to a new proposed class action filed in Ohio federal court. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:54:24 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2323539?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2323539 Ben Hefflinger, a new healthcare partner at Pierson Ferdinand, talks to ¼«ËÙÈü³µ about the move from an in-house role to private practice at an "awesome intersection" for digital health. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:16:02 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2325314?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2325314 A federal court decision that laboratory-developed tests fall outside the FDA's oversight puts the Trump administration at a juncture where it will have to decide how — or whether — to argue for expanded agency authority. Many expect Trump officials to take a pass. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:08:46 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2325213?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2325213 Juul on Monday asked a California federal judge to toss claims brought by plaintiffs who failed to comply with court orders, about two years after Juul reached a $255 million global settlement in the litigation. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:36:22 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2324971?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2324971 British women's healthtech company Chiaro Technology Ltd. has filed for Chapter 15 recognition in Delaware bankruptcy court, seeking acknowledgment of an insolvency proceeding in the United Kingdom through which it aims to manage its American assets while pursuing a sale to a competitor. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 20:11:30 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2324115?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2324115 Executives and directors of dental supply manufacturing company Dentsply Sirona Inc. have been hit with a derivative suit alleging they concealed that a company subsidiary was approving unsuitable patients for dental treatments to inflate sales figures. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:18:43 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2324571?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2324571 A company that helps healthcare providers manage after-hours patient calls was hit with a proposed class action in New York federal court Friday alleging that it failed to secure user data prior to a 2024 breach that exposed the sensitive information of nearly 1 million people. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:00:39 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2323191?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2323191 Genetic testing company 23andMe asked a Missouri bankruptcy judge to let it appoint an independent customer data representative as it looks to sell genetic data of 15 million users at a Chapter 11 auction. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:06:24 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2320826?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2320826 A Fort Lauderdale man has pled guilty in Florida federal court to criminal charges accusing him of illegally buying Medicare identification numbers and using those numbers to help submit $8.4 million in false Medicare claims. Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:14:47 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2320651?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2320651 Attorneys at Pryor Cashman discuss the interplay between a sale of personally identifiable information and bankruptcy law in light of genetics and health company 23andMe's recent filing for Chapter 11 relief. Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:15:09 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2320700?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2320700 Industry groups representing hospitals and health data companies have urged the Fourth Circuit to rethink its panel's dismissal of an appeal over an order forcing an electronic medical records company to let a nursing data company access patients' information, saying the order creates a financial burden on the healthcare system. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:12:07 +0000 /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2320024?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /healthcare-authority/digital-health-technology/articles/2320024 A bipartisan group of congressional leaders has sent a letter demanding that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs update its schedule and cost estimate for its problem-ridden, multibillion-dollar electronic health record modernization program, just as the VA announced it would roll out the system to nine additional sites in 2026.