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Bayer will shut down its radiology AI businesses, discontinuing Calantic Digital Solutions AI and the service offerings of Blackford Analysis. A market analyst attributed the move to slow adoption, along with reimbursement barriers that…
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– The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with Southern Health Solutions, Inc., operating as Next Medical and NextMed, and its founders Robert Epstein and CEO Frank Leonardo III.
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– Two whistleblowers, represented by Whistleblower Aid, have produced significant evidence alleging that Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), is engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare…
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FTC’s Landmark Antitrust Investigation Suspended
The Federal Trade Commission’s groundbreaking antitrust case against the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers has been placed on hold following President Donald Trump’s controversial dismissal of two Democratic commissioners….
Key Findings from the Investigation
The Federal Trade Commission’s latest interim staff report, released January 14, 2025, reveals shocking pricing practices among the nation’s leading pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs): Caremark Rx, Express Scripts, and OptumRx….
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Online mental healthcare company Cerebral will pay $3.6 million as part of a 30-month non-prosecution agreement for encouraging the unauthorized distribution of controlled substances between 2019 and 2022.
The company agreed earlier this…
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Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan tells a Madison TV station at a Wisconsin event that it’s too early to tell whether FTC will involve itself in Particle Health’s antitrust lawsuit against Epic.
Khan…
What You Should Know:
– During a visit to Wisconsin focused on corporate consolidation in the grocery industry, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan addressed questions about potential FTC involvement in an antitrust lawsuit…
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Strengthening the Net: The FTC’s Expanded Reach on Health Data Protection By Chris Bowen
Chris Bowen, MBA is founder and CISO of ClearData.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently finalized changes to the…
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Calling Blackbaud’s security before a major data breach “lax,” the Federal Trade Commission said the company allowed a hacker to steal PII and PHI and ordered it to delete old data and report on its…
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