U.S. Rep. (and physician) Phil Gingrey’s HEALTH Act of 2011 could bring big changes in health care lawsuit awards. Included in the act is a proposal to cap non-economic damages in a wide range of health care related lawsuits. Among its provisions is a proposed $250,000 cap limit on non-economic damages — including pain and suffering — that juries could award patients.

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Virginia's attorney general and others may want the challenge to the health care overhaul law fast tracked to the U.S. Supreme Court, but Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put the brakes on that notion.

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Getinge USA of Rochester has chosen Martino Flynn LLC as its agency of record. Getinge USA is a subsidiary of Getinge AB, a global provider of products and systems within health care and life sciences.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — To hear Senate Republicans tell it, the defeat of their attempt to repeal the Democrats' health care overhaul was really a victory of sorts on the long march to the 2012 congressional and presidential elections.

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Days after President Barack Obama said during his State of the Union address that he would consider medical malpractice reform measures as a way to reign in health care costs, the secretary of Health and Human Services said ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Confronting President Barack Obama, the new Republican-led House took a first step Friday toward a symbolic vote to repeal his landmark health care overhaul law, which would provide coverage to more than 30 million now uninsured.

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A local doctor has joined the ranks of a national medical group that some see as the future of health care but which also is being closely watched by U.S. government officials and medical ethicists. Dr. John Norton is now part of a practice with MDVIP ...

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The Department of Justice secured $3 billion in civil settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, an official for the Department announced last week.

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ALBANY — The proportion of New Yorkers with health insurance provided by their employers has plummeted, according to a new study. At the same time, government-subsidized care is taking on a record load, slowing the state’s economic recovery and likely leaving more families uncovered for at least months.

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The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York approved more than $254 million in financing for education, higher education and health care. As part of those approvals, the board signed off ...

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New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s office is investigating predatory health care lending. Speaking Thursday at the Don W. Cook Senior Center in Henrietta, Cuomo said the practice involves misleading consumers ...

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The national debate over health care covered a broad spectrum of topics and invited opinions from every citizen. And like any political issue, the debate will affect potential jurors, said Richard Gabriel ...

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