Medicaid Firm Struggles to Block Data From India Workers

The largest processor of Medicaid claims is leaving Americans’ personal health and identifiable information vulnerable to access by its overseas workers, as a push to send more operations to India clashes with its contractual obligations to keep that data from being seen outside the US.

House GOP Omits Tax Credits in Plan Aimed at Health Costs

House Republicans plan to vote next week on a slew of health policy proposals to address rising health costs, but an extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies is conspicuously absent.

Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina Due to Measles Exposure

More than 300 people are in quarantine in South Carolina after exposure to a measles outbreak that has sickened more than 125, the state said Friday.

Medical Professionals May Be on Hook for Patient-Caused Injuries

Doctors and a pharmacy that prescribed and filled prescriptions for highly addictive drugs can be sued for the wrongful death of a woman killed by a patient while driving under their influence, Oregon’s top court said.

First Circuit Reverses Block on Trump’s Planned Parenthood Cuts

A federal appeals court has given the Trump administration the green light to withhold Medicaid reimbursements from Planned Parenthood locations offering abortion care while lower court litigation over the matter plays out.

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