The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will consider a case challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provision commonly called the "contraception mandate" in March.
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St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., has agreed to pay $2.3 million to the government to resolve allegations that it improperly administered several physician income guarantee agreements.
Most healthcare providers and health plans haven't properly determined how the transition to ICD-10 will affect them, according to a poll conducted by audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG.
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has told reporters Democrats and Republicans negotiating a $1 trillion spending bill should be able to reach a compromise on the healthcare reform law and avoid another shutdown, according to a report from The Hill.
CMS has issued proposed rules for Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) and Medicare Part D plans projected to save $1.3 billion over the next five years.
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Natural and man-made disasters have ravaged the United States, and the world, extensively during the past decade, and they have put hospitals' emergency preparedness to the test.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has filed a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management trying to block a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that allows the government to pay for part of the health benefits…
A rule proposed by HHS would amend HIPAA to allow certain covered entities to disclose the identities of individuals whose mental health conditions may disqualify them from owning a gun.
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to lift a block on the enforcement of a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provision commonly called the "contraception mandate," according to a report from The Hill.
Beverly Hospital in Montebello, Calif., will pay $200,000 to settle allegations of patient dumping, according to a Los Angeles Times report.