Last week, the Supreme Court overtuned a lower court's injunction that required the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to keep over $783 million in federal research funding for grants related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
The 5-4 decision determined that the lower court did not have the authority to make claims based on...National News
In one of its final rulings of the season, the Supreme Court decided 6-3 that the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force continues to hold the authority to determine the preventative services that insurers are required to cover under the Affordable Care Act.
The ruling was issued in the case Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, which...Arizona News
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a ruling in the case United States v. Skrmetti, a case to determine whether a Tennessee law banning gender affirming healthcare for minors violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The leader of the Arizona Department of Education calls on local lawmakers to push...National News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week rescinded a key Biden-era directive that affirmed federal protections for emergency abortion care under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
The July 2022 directive was issued after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, reminding hospitals...
Key members of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared unlikely to overturn a key provision of the Affordable Care Act during a hearing on Monday. Plaintiffs argued that the requirements for preventative care coverage under the ACA are unconstitutional because the volunteer board that oversees recommendations on the services should be...
The federal government's assault on LGBTQ people and their access to healthcare services continued this week as the Trump administration ignores an injunction, the Supreme Court accepts a case on conversion therapy and researchers sue over the removal of articles from a government website.
Beginning on day one of his second term,...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Braidwood v. Becerra, a case that challenges the legality of preventative care coverage required by the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA).
The case involves claims made by two Texas employers, Braidwood Management and Kelley Orthodontics, as well as six individual plaintiffs who contest...
Last Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling that will radically curb the ability for the federal agencies to oversee entities as a regulator, which could have a major impact on federal healthcare authorities like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a highly anticipated case that called into question the federal government's ability to require emergency medical services in hospitals.
In a 6-3 ruling, the court determined that the case was "improvidently granted," meaning that it believed that it should not have accepted this case at...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal from the Biden administration in cases against states that have implemented laws that prohibit gender-affirming care for transgender people and minors.
The case involves laws in Tennessee and Kentucky that restrict puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people under...Featured
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a case brought by anti-abortion groups seeking to overturn the agency's authorization of the abortion pill mifepristone. The court was united in the decision 9-0.
The court ruled that the plaintiffs lacked necessary legal standing to pursue the...Arizona News
Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in a case brought against the federal government by the San Carlos Apache in Arizona and the Northern Arapaho of Wyoming alleging that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was on the hook for millions of dollars in insurance billing.
The case alleged that...Available To All
This week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for a case that could not only overturn the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authorization of the abortion pill mifepristone but also open the door for the courts to question decisions made by government agencies.
Even the justices appointed by former President Donald Trump...National News
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard arguments in Braidwood v. Becerra, a case that would determine the future of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) provision for private insurers to cover preventative care services.
Last year, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the ACA's requirement that employers cover vaccines,...National News
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases that challenge the precedent set by Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council in 1984 that determined courts should generally defer to the wisdom of a state or federal agency when interpreting federal statute.
This precedent, now referred to as Chevron deference, appears to...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has offered its suggestion for a solution to the Supreme Court decision that would return $9 billion to hospitals that were paid less than rates the court said were set unconstitutionally.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled unanimously that the differential payment...
Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued a decision that restricts the use of mifepristone, a medication that is used in abortion. The U.S. Department of Justice, which is defending the Food and Drug Administration in the case, said that it would appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
The three-judge...National News
Last Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that supermarket chains Safeway and Supervalu defrauded the government by knowingly claiming fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.
The decision overturned a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the defendants didn't "knowingly" violate the False Claims Act (FCA),...
Local communities in New Mexico are implementing their own bans on abortion. New Mexico is one of a few states in the Southwest with few abortion restrictions, making it an important hub for reproductive health care access in the region.
The town of Edgewood, a small town near Albuquerque, adopted the ordinance that would prohibit the...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week on an issue regarding retail pharmacies overcharging government health plans that could compromise the False Claims Act.
The case dates from 2006, when Walmart offered unsustainably low drug prices to cash customers and charged Medicare and Medicaid plans far higher than the original...
