Department of Health and Human Services
Recent News About Department of Health and Human Services
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Unmasking the Nanny State
After two years, the extraordinary government measures—federal, state, and local—taken in response to the COVID pandemic, some of which were supposed to be temporary, have finally begun to abate, along with the fear and panic that inspired them. -
U.S. Law Enforcement Targets Fraud Facilitators, Doubling Last Year’s Enforcement
U.S. Law Enforcement Targets Fraud Facilitators, Doubling Last Year’s Enforcement. -
Locke Lord adds experienced healthcare lawyer Jeff Wurzburg to Austin and Washington D.C. offices
Jeff Wurzburg, a well-known and respected health care lawyer previously with the HHS Office of the General Counsel, has joined Locke Lord in the Austin and Washington, D.C., offices. -
Former DOJ Trial Attorney Jose Vela Jr. Joins Clark Hill Healthcare Practice
Former DOJ Trial Attorney Jose Vela Jr. Joins Clark Hill Healthcare Practice. -
Paxton Intervenes in CDC’s Shut-Down of the Cruise Industry
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a motion to intervene in Florida’s case against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for their series of unlawful orders that brought the cruise industry to a halt, a press release states. -
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton: Prohibiting Nonresident Homeowners from Occupying Their Property is Unconstitutional
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a letter to the Gunnison County Department of Health and Human Services in Colorado, warning that its Fifth Amended Standing Health Order violated the United States Constitution by unlawfully discriminating against nonresident homeowners by demanding they vacate Gunnison County. -
Appeals court says real estate license shouldn't have been revoked
HOUSTON — The Texas 14th Court of Appeals ruled that a former real estate agent's license was improperly revoked after he pled guilty to felony theft of government property. -
County Attorney Ryan wins Health Commissioner approval to move forward on Creosote-cancer Issue
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan has secured the approval of the Texas Department of Health and Human Services to take the next step in determining if creosote contamination in northeast Houston has caused cancer among residents there. -
Alleged breach of medical records prompts woman to sue Houston cardiology center
HOUSTON – A Houston woman alleges that a local cardiology center and one of its physicians compromised the confidentiality of her personal and health information, recent Harris County District Court records show. -
Apparel business Twill Hill prevails in action filed by Alaska Airlines flight attendants
Alaska Airlines flight attendants recently lost the lawsuit they filed in 2013 against corporate apparel company Twin Hill. -
DME owner heads to prison for multiple counts of health care fraud
HOUSTON – Andrea Michelle Tellison, 47, has been ordered to federal prison for eight years following her convictions of 14 counts of health care fraud and seven counts of aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. -
Houston-area man convicted of health care fraud following state, federal probe
HOUSTON – A Humble resident has been convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and money laundering. -
10 AGs, including Abbott, seek legislative help to fix ACA problems
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and nine other state AGs have sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seeking legislative action to help alleviate problems implementing the Affordable Care Act. -
McAllen doc alleges Houston hospital filed erroneous report
HOUSTON - The Memorial Hermann Hospital System is apparently the target of a McAllen physician's federal lawsuit alleging corporate malfeasance, retaliation and defamation, recent court records show. -
Plaintiffs claim cancer from BP leak, file suit in state court
Jason Gibson GALVESTON - Six residents of the upper Texas Gulf Coast have filed suit against BP after they reportedly contracted cancer from exposure to a chemical leak earlier this year. -
Legally Speaking: Federal Preemption -- But Only When It Suits Us
As expected, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice recently filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent enforcement of Arizona's new immigration law, S.B. 1070. -
Former health center exec alleges gender discrimination
The former CEO for Gulf Coast Health Center Inc. has filed suit against the care provider, claiming she was fired because she is a female. -
Why is your local DA accountable when your state AG isn't?
When West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw sued drug maker PurduePharma over misrepresentation of its pain killer OxyContin, he petitioned the court saying, "This action involves the impact of State action against one of the most vulnerable and dependant sections of West Virginia society, the elderly and disabled." -
AG Zyprexa suits in money as Boston DA lands $515m
Michael J. Sullivan (R) BOSTON -- The U.S. Attorney's office in Massachusetts has no doubt bolstered attorneys-general nationwide in their on-going efforts to win big settlements from "Big Pharma" drugmakers.