The decision is binding on all hospitals in Arizona, eliminating any chance that hospitals will be able to recover from pharmacies any alleged financial losses caused by the opioid epidemic.
In 2018, Tucson Medical Center (TMC) filed a lawsuit claiming CVS was part of a conspiracy of drug manufacturers and others that promoted the use...Arizona News
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Monday that hospitals are not permitted to go after payments owed to a patient if they accept payments from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state's Medicaid program.
Sections of state law have previously authorized hospitals to impose liens on patients when AHCCCS...News
Plaintiff Goldwater Institute said the money the legislature used to fund the expanded Medicaid program was actually a tax and should have received a two-thirds vote that the state constitution requires of all revenue-raising measures.
The Phoenix Business Journal quotes Greg Vigdor, president and CEO of the Arizona Hospital and...Arizona News
At issue is how dying people can get access to unapproved medicines.
The FDA permitted two people infected with the Ebola virus to be administered ZMapp, even though the drug had not been approved for human testing. The Goldwater Institute goes to court Tuesday, Oct. 10, trying to force the FDA to reveal details on how dying people...Arizona News
The filing is at odds with the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association position.
The assertion of the AzHHA is that the cost to its hospital members is less than the benefit they receive from having fewer patients show up at their doors without insurance, whose bills would have to be written off as bad debt.
Green Valley...Arizona News
The question is whether the levy funding expanded Medicaid program is a "tax" or an "assessment".
Governor Ducey's administration is asking the high court to reject arguments brought by the Goldwater Institute asserting that taxes can be enacted only with a two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate, which did not happen in this...
