As CMS considers requiring hospitals to obtain a unique national provider identifier for each hospital outpatient provider department, the American Hospital Association is urging the agency to alleviate the process. In February, President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act…
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CMS approved Minnesota’s plan to tackle Medicaid integrity concerns, according to a March 19 letter to the state’s Medicaid director. In January, CMS informed Minnesota of “several deficiencies” in the state’s Dec. 31 plan submission to resolve integrity concerns, which…
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched an investigation into alleged fraud in California’s hospice programs. In a March 23 letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Rep. James Comer — who chairs the committee — and other lawmakers…
Eugene Emergency Physicians, an Oregon-based emergency medicine group with about 41 providers in Lane County, is suing to block Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth’s planned partnership with ApolloMD, an Atlanta-based national physician staffing company, according to court documents shared with Becker’s. The…
Three nurse practitioners are seeking to appeal a California judge’s ruling, which upheld state law restricting nonphysicians with doctorate degrees from calling themselves “doctor,” according to federal appeals court documents. After pushback from California officials, the NPs have until April…
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The U.S. government filed a lawsuit March 20 against Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., accusing the college of discrimination on claims it failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students during campus protests. The lawsuit is the latest development in a…
The Federal Trade Commission is forming a healthcare task force aimed at strengthening enforcement and oversight across the industry. The task force will take a more unified approach to investigating anticompetitive behavior, protecting consumers and identifying emerging risks in healthcare…
A former laboratory director at York (Maine) Hospital filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired after raising patient safety concerns, in violation of whistleblower protections and age discrimination laws, according to court documents reviewed by Becker’s. The lawsuit, filed March…
A federal judge has ruled that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exceeded his authority by issuing a declaration late last year that threatened to withhold federal funding from hospitals that offer certain gender-affirming care to minors, The New York…
Valencia County (N.M.) leaders are dealing with the fallout from a $2.02 million email phishing scam that impersonated a construction firm contracted to build the new Los Lunas-based Valencia County Hospital. Plans for the hospital were shared in April 2024.…