Iowa AG Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit against healthcare claims clearinghouse Change Healthcare Inc. and its owners and operators alleging that cybersecurity and breach-response failures during a 2024 cyberattack violated the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act and the Personal Information Security Breach Protection Act. The petition claims the companies used outdated, insecure systems that lacked basic…

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FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued a memorandum directing agency staff to form a Healthcare Task Force aimed at coordinating healthcare enforcement and advocacy across the FTC. According to the memorandum, the Task Force will bring together staff from the FTC’s competition, consumer protection, and economics bureaus, along with the Offices of Policy Planning and…

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Louisiana AG Liz Murrill reached a $45 million settlement with CVS Health Corp. and its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) subsidiary to resolve three lawsuits alleging deceptive and anti-competitive practices that allegedly violated the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act. According to the AG’s office, the settlement resolves allegations that CVS improperly used customer information to conduct…

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The FTC reached a settlement with Express Scripts, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively “Express Scripts”) to resolve an administrative lawsuit alleging the pharmacy benefit manager violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by artificially inflating insulin prices.

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit against multiple pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insulin manufacturers, alleging the companies violated Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act by artificially inflating diabetes drug prices for Iowa consumers. According to the petition, the PBMs and manufacturers allegedly engaged in an unlawful pricing scheme that substantially increased the price of insulin…

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