Lash & Goldberg LLP represented a Florida not-for-profit hospital in a federal court action against an affiliate of McKesson Corporation for breach of a pharmaceutical software, services and management agreement. The hospital’s complaint asserted multiple and persistent breaches of the agreement in connection with the purchase and implementation of a pharmacy software and management system.
On behalf of four South Florida hospitals, Lash & Goldberg LLP sued Canadian travel insurance carriers in federal court who had underpaid claims for medical treatment provided to their insureds. The Firm won a key jurisdictional ruling and defeated the insurers’ motion to dismiss the complaint, which required the Canadian insurers to litigate and stand trial in the United States district court rather than in the Canadian courts.
Lash & Goldberg LLP represented a national health care system against a vendor that had been contracted by certain of its hospitals to recover denied insurance claims. The health system terminated the contract after it learned that the vendor had violated HIPAA via the unauthorized release of protected health information from hospital records.
Lash & Goldberg LLP secured a final summary judgment on behalf of a Florida medical center against a physician’s claims of race discrimination in federal district court. The physician had sued when his medical staff membership and privileges were revoked.
In an April 17, 2014 letter to the American Hospital Association, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) clarified the application of the sequestration by Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) to reduce payments to providers.