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The complaint alleged corruption by HaloMD, a company that handles the arbitration process for medical billing disputes.
Nineteen states and D.C. are seeking to invalidate a March 2025 directive to reduce the number of HHS employees and eliminate several sub-agencies.
Aetna's policy results in denials and underpayment and violates CMS' Two Midnight Rule, the health system says.
The hospitals want DSH calculations changed back to a pre-2004 standard and payment of additional amounts, plus interest.
The large New York City hospital system used its market power to restrict contacts with insurers, insulating it from price competition, or "erosion of rates of payment," says DOJ.
FTC reached a settlement with Express Scripts in February and is currently in negotiations with OptumRx.
The task force may expand to include HHS and DOJ members in an integrated approach to enforcement and to preserve competition, FTC says.
The states are forcing health plans to provide coverage for abortions as a condition of offering coverage in the state, OCR says.
Preliminary injunction also stays the appointment of 13 members of ACIP and halts all votes taken by the committee.
A whistleblower, a former Aetna risk-adjustment coding auditor, will receive $2 million.
