{"id":10386,"date":"2024-05-08T02:20:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T02:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=10386"},"modified":"2024-05-08T02:20:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T02:20:09","slug":"u-s-news-and-world-report-federal-lawsuit-dismissed-against-sf-city-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=10386","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News and World Report federal lawsuit dismissed against SF City Attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n\t<amp-img width=\"900\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/05\/Repro_v3.png?w=900\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image amp-wp-enforced-sizes\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/05\/Repro_v3.png 936w, https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/05\/Repro_v3.png?resize=300,184 300w, https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/05\/Repro_v3.png?resize=768,472 768w, https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/05\/Repro_v3.png?resize=50,31 50w\" layout=\"intrinsic\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/05\/Repro_v3.png?w=900\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"\/><\/noscript><\/amp-img>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n\t\t\tPicture Courtesy: SF Metropolis Legal professional\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/kron4.com\" target=\"_blank\">KRON<\/a>) \u2014 On Tuesday, San Francisco Metropolis Legal professional David Chiu confirmed that U.S. Information and World Report (USNWR) practiced troublesome methodologies behind its \u201cGreatest Hospitals\u201d rankings. The corporate additionally accepted funds to incorporate a hospital on the listing, U.S. District Legal professional Ismail J. Ramsey mentioned. <\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/convictions-secured-in-murder-case-at-center-of-antioch-pd-racist-text-scandal\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\"><br \/>\n\t\tConvictions secured in murder case at center of Antioch PD racist text scandal\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. Information\u2019 \u201cGreatest Hospital\u201d rankings go over \u201clife-threatening or uncommon situations who want a hospital that excels in treating advanced, high-risk circumstances,\u201d evaluating \u201c1000&#8217;s of hospitals throughout 15 specialties and 21 procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><amp-ad width=\"300\" height=\"1\" type=\"teads\" data-pid=\"135452\" layout=\"responsive\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-ad><\/p>\n<p>In June 2023, Chiu wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfcityattorney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-06-20-Ltr-to-USNWR-re-Hospital-Rankings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to U.S. Information claiming the methodology behind their \u201cGreatest Hospitals\u201d story raised a number of points in regards to the reliability of their rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among the many complaints, the Metropolis Legal professional believed U.S. Information gave \u201cno weight to monetary concerns\u201d when figuring out and publishing its rankings and will have violated a California Enterprise and Professions Code.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">METHODOLOGY:<\/h2>\n<p>Chiu believes that having the most effective \u201ctotal\u201d rating for a hospital can show problematic because of the massive number of companies a hospital can present and that many companies are merely much less widespread to carry out than others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cUSNWR\u2019s rankings award much more factors within the kids\u2019s hospital rankings for remedy of cystic fibrosis (\u201cCF\u201d) than sickle cell illness (\u201cSCD\u201d) when the previous illness disproportionately impacts White kids, and the latter disproportionately impacts African American kids,\u201d Chiu mentioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chiu claims this will additionally begin skewing the funding hospitals obtain. These specialty hospitals might obtain extra monopolized funding as a consequence of their recognition, however doing so additionally takes away consideration from neighborhood and safety-net hospitals at a time when 20% of California hospitals are liable to closure, Chiu mentioned.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FUNDING<strong>:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Chiu additionally believes that U.S. Information is violating FTC rules as a result of it doesn&#8217;t disclose funds it receives from the hospitals it ranks in. He believes they&#8217;ve executed so in three alternative ways:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>By charges to license \u201cGreatest Hospital\u201d badges.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>By financially subscribing to a hospital to entry its knowledge.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>By funds for web page <a href=\"https:\/\/health.usnews.com\/best-hospitals\/marketing-opportunities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advertisements<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Though many hospitals refuse to state how a lot they pay to make use of a \u201cGreatest Hospital\u201d badge on their web site or promoting due to a \u201ccontractual settlement,\u201d Kids\u2019s Mercy Hospital in Kansas acknowledged that it <a href=\"https:\/\/fox4kc.com\/news\/some-hospitals-wont-reveal-how-much-they-pay-u-s-news-for-use-of-best-hospitals-logo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paid $42,000<\/a> to make use of the brand for one yr in 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In 2013, the Washington Put up reported that licensing the \u201cbetter of\u201d badges accounted for 15% of the corporate\u2019s whole income.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>USNWR, nevertheless, doesn&#8217;t disclose with its rankings\u2014or seemingly wherever else\u2014which hospitals in its rankings have paid for badges or hospital knowledge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chiu believes that is particularly problematic, as the corporate\u2019s web site has a \u201cperplexing\u201d disclaimer that \u201cUSNews.com doesn&#8217;t suggest or endorse\u2026info discovered on USNews.com,\u201d USNWR <a href=\"https:\/\/health.usnews.com\/health-news\/articles\/disclaimer-and-a-note-about-your-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RESPONSE:<\/h2>\n<p>On account of its problematic methodologies, this has led legislation faculties, medical faculties, and faculties to withdraw from its rankings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A number of months after the discharge, Cornell College\u2019s Weill Cornell Faculty of Drugs withdrew from the rankings as they felt it didn&#8217;t \u201cseize the breadth and depth of our instructional choices,\u201d Cornell\u2019s interim dean mentioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfcityattorney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-06-20-Ltr-to-USNWR-re-Hospital-Rankings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City Attorney\u2019s letter<\/a> despatched in June 2023, the corporate didn&#8217;t reply to the questions on its strategies and refused to handle the funds it receives from the hospitals it ranks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, Metropolis Legal professional Chiu despatched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfcityattorney.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-09-Response-to-USNWR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two subpoenas<\/a> to U.S. Information in January to acquire the mandatory info to find out the scope of the corporate\u2019s potential violations of California shopper safety legal guidelines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/11-sap-nortenos-south-bay-street-gang-members-charged-for-racketeering\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" class=\"promo-link__link\"><br \/>\n\t\t11 \u2018SAP Norte\u00f1os\u2019 South Bay street gang members charged for racketeering\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Roughly six months after Chiu\u2019s subpoenas, U.S. Information filed a lawsuit towards him, claiming he was violating the corporate\u2019s First Modification rights.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Metropolis Legal professional\u2019s temporary requested the Court docket to disclaim U.S. Information\u2019 preliminary injunction and dismiss the lawsuit solely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, prosecutors denied U.S Information\u2019 movement for a preliminary injunction and granted Chiu\u2019s movement to dismiss an anti-SLAPP movement (pictured under).<\/p>\n<p>Chiu mentioned U.S. Information\u2019 claims have been illegitimate. \u201cU.S. Information just isn&#8217;t above the legislation,\u201d Chiu added. \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing that U.S. Information selected to waste judicial assets on a pink herring lawsuit to evade reliable questions on its undisclosed monetary hyperlinks to the hospitals it ranks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Information is ordered to pay Chiu for charges and prices incurred in reference to the anti-SLAPP movement, prosecutors mentioned. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/u-s-news-and-world-report-federal-lawsuit-dismissed-against-sf-city-attorney\/amp\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture Courtesy: SF Metropolis Legal professional (KRON) \u2014 On Tuesday, San Francisco Metropolis Legal professional David Chiu confirmed that U.S. Information and World Report (USNWR) practiced troublesome methodologies behind its \u201cGreatest Hospitals\u201d rankings. The corporate additionally accepted funds to incorporate a hospital on the listing, U.S. District Legal professional Ismail J. Ramsey mentioned. 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