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Aetna’s Surprise Billing Fraud Case Rejected by Federal Judge

Aetna Health Inc. can’t overturn a series of surprise billing losses to Radiology Partners Inc. because the insurer didn’t challenge the doctor group’s billing practices during arbitration, a federal judge ruled in what he said was a “close call.”

Kentucky Medical Center Stops Bid to Reopen Whistleblower Suit

Kentucky-based St. Elizabeth Medical Center Inc. and Summit Medical Group Inc. defeated a whistleblower’s attempt to reinstate a False Claims Act suit alleging they charged health-care programs for unnecessary kidney and vascular procedures, the Sixth Circuit said Friday.

Jury Verdict on Penile Implant Trade Secrets Rejected on Appeal

A California jury incorrectly found that two doctors stole trade secrets, breached a contract, and took improper credit for inventions related to the cosmetic penile implant business of International Medical Devices Inc., the Federal Circuit ruled Friday.

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