Blue Cross Blue Shield health plans in seven states are under federal investigation to examine whether they are raising health-insurance premiums through agreements with hospitals that stifle business with rival payors, according to a Wall Street Journal report. BCBS plans…
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A retired chief of surgery at Hollywood (Fla.) Medical Center and Memorial Hospital in Pembroke Pines, Fla., has been sentenced to two years in prison for Medicare fraud, according to a Miami Herald report. Fred Dweck, MD, pleaded guilty last…
Two deaf women have filed a federal lawsuit against St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., alleging that the hospital refused to provide or pay for a sign language interpreter when one of the women experienced a medical emergency, according…
The HHS' Office of the Inspector General has issued a favorable advisory opinion regarding a hospital's proposal to transport patients and their families from physician offices located on or contiguous to the hospital campus to its acute-care facility in cases…
In a rare move, the U.S. Trustee has requested a Chapter 11 trustee for North General Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y., according to a Crain's New York Business report.
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Youngstown, Ohio-based Forum Health has changed its name to ValleyCare Health System, representing the Mahoning Valley area the hospital system serves, according to a news release by the health system.
Apparently responding to concerns from health insurers, the Obama administration is delaying enforcement of a few new rules under the healthcare reform law helping patients appeal payors' decisions to deny or reduce benefits, according to a report by Kaiser Health…
Here are 10 lawsuits or settlements involving hospitals from the past month, beginning with the most recent. 1. Financially Troubled Rhode Island Hospital Sues BCBS For UnderpaymentsLandmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., is suing Blue Cross Blue & Blue Shield…
Both the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are asking the Obama administration to issue more progress reports on efforts to crack down on fraud, waste and abuse of Medicare and Medicaid providers, according to a report…
The Society of Hospital Medicine, the society representing more than 31,000 hospitalists and the hospital medicine specialty, has implemented several successful patient safety initiatives that have produced greater efficiencies and savings.