A federal judge sided with the Federal Trade Commission last week, ruling that Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System violated antitrust law with its 2012 acquisition of a 40-physician medical group.
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Because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, insurers can no longer deny people coverage or charge them higher premiums because of pre-existing conditions.
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Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) have introduced legislation that would repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Nurses failing the Minnesota Health Professionals Services Program may face immediate suspension, pending the passing of a proposed bill, according to a Lexology report.
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Knoxville-based Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics P.C. and Kingston, Tenn.-based Appalachian Orthopaedic Clinics P.C. will pay a total of $1.85 million to settle allegations that they violated state and federal False Claims Acts by billing the government for reimported osteoarthritis drugs, according…
Since the regulation was introduced, more than 80 corporations have challenged a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provision called the "contraceptive mandate."
CMS is cracking down on providers who repeatedly overbill Medicare and other federal health programs through civil fines and potential exclusion from the programs.
A federal judge sided with the Federal Trade Commission today, ruling that Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System must unwind its 2012 acquisition of a 40-physician medical group, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
A Missouri judge has ruled the state — which declined to run its own health insurance exchange — cannot impose restrictions on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act navigators, according to a Bloomberg report.