Los Angeles Medical Debt Relief Program Erases Debt for 134,000 Residents

Los Angeles Medical Debt Relief Program Erases Debt for 134,000 Residents

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February 13, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA — MedLegalNews.com — Los Angeles County has expanded a countywide medical debt relief initiative that is eliminating unpaid healthcare balances for tens of thousands of residents, reinforcing a growing policy trend that treats medical debt as a public health and economic stability issue rather than a private financial […]

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DOJ Escalates Healthcare Fraud Enforcement in Los Angeles County as Hospice Billing Comes Under Scrutiny

DOJ Escalates Healthcare Fraud Enforcement in Los Angeles County as Hospice Billing Comes Under Scrutiny

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February 11, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA — MedLegalNews.com — Federal prosecutors are intensifying enforcement efforts in Los Angeles County amid growing concern that the region has become a national hotspot for healthcare fraud, particularly involving hospice and home health billing. The U.S. Department of Justice has characterized the problem as systemic, citing billing volumes

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CURES Reporting Changes Under AB 82 Take Effect January 1, 2026

CURES Reporting Changes Under AB 82 Take Effect January 1, 2026

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February 9, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — California health care providers must adjust compliance practices in 2026 following a significant statutory change affecting prescription reporting. AB 82, effective January 1, 2026, prohibits providers from reporting prescriptions or dispensing of testosterone and mifepristone to the Controlled Substance Utilization and Evaluation System (CURES), marking a

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OBGYN License Suspension Sparks Regulatory Scrutiny in California

OBGYN License Suspension Sparks Regulatory Scrutiny in California

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February 6, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA — MedLegalNews.com— The license suspension of a Los Angeles–area obstetrician-gynecologist has been issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, according to a recently published disciplinary notice. The enforcement action highlights the Board’s ongoing focus on patient safety and regulatory compliance within high-risk medical specialties. Although the Board

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AB 35 MICRA Changes Continue Reshaping Medical Malpractice Litigation

AB 35 MICRA Changes Continue Reshaping Medical Malpractice Litigation

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February 4, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — California’s medical-legal landscape continues to evolve following the implementation of Assembly Bill 35, which introduced sweeping reforms to the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). The legislation marked one of the most significant adjustments to malpractice litigation rules in decades, influencing how healthcare providers, insurers, and

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EAMS Modernization Moves Forward as DWC Issues New RFP 2026

EAMS Modernization Moves Forward as DWC Issues New RFP

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February 2, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has taken a significant step toward modernizing its long-criticized Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS), issuing formal requests for proposals in January aimed at overhauling the backbone of the state’s workers’ compensation court infrastructure. The initiative signals renewed urgency inside the

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Medical-Legal Record Review Costs Surpass $93 Million as Utilization Rises

Medical-Legal Record Review Costs Surpass $93 Million as Utilization Rises

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January 30, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com  — MLPRR is emerging as a major medical-legal cost driver in California, quietly reshaping workers’ compensation expense profiles for employers and insurers through record review charges billed by Qualified Medical Evaluators and Agreed Medical Evaluators. In 2023, QMEs and AMEs billed more than $93 million statewide for

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CMA Endorses AAP’s Evidence-Based Immunization Schedule Amid Federal Rollbacks

CMA Endorses AAP’s Evidence-Based Immunization Schedule Amid Federal Rollbacks

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January 28, 2026 | Sacramento, CA – MedLegalNews.com — As federal health guidance undergoes significant contraction, the California Medical Association (CMA) has publicly reaffirmed its support for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) 2026 childhood immunization framework, positioning the pediatric immunization schedule as the prevailing standard of care for physicians nationwide. The announcement follows the

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Supreme Court Redraws Federal–State Lines in Medical Malpractice Procedure

Supreme Court Redraws Federal–State Lines in Medical Malpractice Procedure

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January 26, 2026 | Washington, D.C. — MedLegalNews.com — A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a Delaware medical malpractice statute is quietly recalibrating the balance between state medical liability frameworks and federal court procedure, a shift that may influence where cases are filed — but not how many are brought. The ruling clarifies that

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Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Accelerates Heading Into 2026

Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Accelerates Heading Into 2026

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January 23, 2026 | Sacramento, CA — MedLegalNews.com — Federal scrutiny of healthcare fraud is intensifying as regulators enter 2026 with expanded investigative tools, renewed whistleblower incentives, and a growing reliance on data analytics. One year into the second Trump administration, enforcement agencies are continuing long-standing False Claims Act priorities while widening their focus to

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