Wound care company charged for billing older patients about $1M each in skin graft scheme

Washington — Federal prosecutors charged the owners of an Arizona wound care company and two nurse practitioners who worked with them for conspiring to defraud Medicare of over $900 million after they allegedly targeted elderly patients — many of them terminally ill — in a sprawling medical scheme, the Justice Department announced Thursday. According to prosecutors,

Supreme Court says emergency abortions can be performed in Idaho

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed abortions to be performed during certain medical emergencies in Idaho, reinstating a lower court order that blocked the state from enforcing its near-total ban when an abortion is needed to preserve the health of the mother while legal proceedings continue. The dispute pitted Idaho’s measure, enacted after

Supreme Court rejects Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday derailed a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, siding with the Biden administration over its objections to the agreement’s broad protection for the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to their role in the opioid epidemic. In a 5-4 opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court

Supreme Court rejects Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan that shields Sackler family

CBS News Live CBS News 24/7 Live Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday derailed a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, siding with the Biden administration over its objections to the agreement’s broad protection for the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to their role in the opioid epidemic. In a 5-4 opinion