Hospitals are not liable for an employee's breach of patient data, or any civil wrong, if the employee is not a physician and acts outside the scope of his or her employment, according to a Lexology report.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Lying on blankets at an outdoor concert in Madison, Wis., last July, a group of health IT professionals were on their smartphones, finding and laughing at some of the more unusual and seemingly unnecessary ICD-10 codes.
Redmond, Wash.-based EndoGastric Solutions has agreed to pay up to $5.25 million to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute.
Several Maryland medical practices and a billing company have agreed to a $3.3 million settlement to resolve alleged Medicare overbilling, according to a Baltimore Sun report.
A bill that would let Wisconsin physicians and other healthcare providers express sympathy without fear of those statements being used against them in court is headed toward the state Senate, according to an Associated Press report via the Green Bay…
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Reps. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) have introduced legislation that would delay the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate until 2016.
Forty senators have asked CMS not to cut Medicare Advantage payments, according to a letter obtained by America's Health Insurance Plans.
Nearly half of U.S. healthcare providers have completed only 25 percent of less of their ICD-10 implementation process, according to a study by Aloft Group, an international brand strategy and marketing execution firm.
A director from the Federal Trade Commission penned a letter to the editor in The New York Times, arguing that the goals of antitrust law are consistent with those of the healthcare reform law.
A complaint filed with HHS' Office for Civil Rights against St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Las Vegas and owner Dignity Health alleges the organizations violated HIPAA by using patient records to reach out to patients in a position to lobby…