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Is the Healthcare Industry Embracing Risk in Its Contracts?

Above The Law

As the healthcare industry slowly moves toward value-based care, healthcare companies are thinking about taking on risk. During a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST conference, healthcare leaders shared some key ideas about how the industry is embracing risk in its contracts. appeared first on MedCity News.

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Native Americans allocated further healthcare funding following US Supreme Court dispute with Federal Government

JURIST

The US Supreme Court decided Thursday that when Native Americans administer healthcare through their own programs, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service must pay for costs associated with the operation of the healthcare program. For fiscal year 2025, the IHS budget was increased by 16 percent, or $1.1

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether contract support costs must be paid by Indian Health Services

JURIST

The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether Indian Health Services (IHS) should be reimbursed for “contract support costs” associated with third parties, such as Medicare and Medicaid. In contrast, a Tenth Circuit decision found that third-party expenditures could fall under contract support costs.

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TermScout Launches Screens, First-of-its-Kind Marketplace for Lawyers to Build and Sell Contract Review AIs

LawSites

TermScout , an AI contract review company, has launched a first-of-its-kind AI marketplace where lawyers and other contracting experts can build and sell their own contract review AIs, developed based on their unique expertise. In effect, users can get an expert review of a contract with just a few clicks.

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Meta sued in Kenya over poor working conditions

JURIST

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a group of contracted moderators working for Sama, a multinational company that provides outsourcing services to numerous websites, which is also named in the suit. It alleges that contracted content moderators in Kenya are subjected to unreasonable working conditions and unfair labor practices.

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US Appeals Court renews lawsuit against companies allegedly funding Iraq terrorism

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday renewed a lawsuit against twenty-one medical equipment and pharmaceutical companies over allegations that their contracts with Iraq’s health ministry aided in funding terrorism that ultimately led to the death of American soldiers during the Iraq War.

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Now is the Time for the Healthcare Industry to Digitally Transform Its Contracting Processes

LegalReader

As healthcare contracts become more complex to create, negotiate, execute, and manage throughout the contract lifecycle, the tools to manage them need to keep pace.