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The California Department of Managed Health Care on Friday filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court seeking to stop the hospital chain Prime Healthcare Services from billing patients for the cost of services above what their HMOs are willing to pay, the

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Nearly 1,300 health lawyers and participants from across the nation gathered at the San Francisco Marriott in downtown San Francisco June 29-July 2, 2008 for the American Health Lawyers Association’s In-House Counsel Program and Annual Meeting events. Delivering the keynote address on June 29 was Dr. Peter R. Orszag, Director of the Congressional Budget Office. Dr.

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Whistle-blower lawsuits alleging that pharmaceutical companies and government contractors defrauded the federal government have created a backlog of more than 900 cases at the Department of Justice, the Washington Post reports.

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Mr Viraj Shah (37) of 33 Oakfield Avenue, Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex HA3 8TH was sentenced to 51 weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years, and to 40 hours community service for dealing in counterfeit medicines. Mr Shah appeared at Kingston Crown Court following an investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

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A 32 year old registered nurse from Newcastle upon Tyne has been cautioned by the independent Conduct and Competence Committee panel for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for dishonesty. Herdwick Mushava was issued with a five year caution order by her profession’s regulator after admitting one offence of deception by fraudulently claiming sickness pay, for which she received a police caution. Mushava received £1059.

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Bavarian Nordic has filed a patent infringement suit against Oxford BioMedica plc, Biomedica, Inc., and Oxford BioMedica Ltd., in the United States District Court of the Southern District of California. Bavarian Nordic owns several United States patents relating to an attenuated strain of the company’s core technology, MVA-BN®, which is the basis for its innovative smallpox vaccine, IMVAMUNE®.

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The Schwarzenegger Administration, in an eleventh hour move, took action to delay a hearing on a temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by eight retail community pharmacies to stop the ten percent Medi-Cal provider cuts from taking effect on July 1, 2008. On June 9, 2008, eight California pharmacies filed an action in state court seeking to restrain DHCS from implementing a ten percent reduction in pharmacy reimbursements for prescriptions dispensed to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.

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Three registered nurses working at the Maypole Nursing Home have received a striking off order from the Nursing & Midwifery Council following a string of incidents in which they failed to ensure that patients received the appropriate standard of care.

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Medication errors in the health care environment can occur anytime there is a communication breakdown, but they are preventable if everyone on the patient care team learns to work together. To address this issue The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources (JCR) are hosting a Medication Safety Symposium: Teaming up for Medication Management and Systems Improvement, August 5-7, 2008, in Chicago, Ill. JCR is a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission.

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A 57 year old registered nurse from Romney Marsh, Kent has been struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register for inappropriate behaviour towards a patient. Jeremy Peters was employed at Hillside Hospital, a rehabilitation unit for people with mental health problems in Hastings, Sussex in 2006.

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