Some people enrolled in health plans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges will experience issues with their coverage, Obama administration officials have said, according to a report from The Hill.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The federal health insurance exchange site, HealthCare.gov, hasn't had the smoothest rollout.
Despite a surge in people signing up for health plans this month, health policy experts have said the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges will likely fall short of Congressional Budget Office enrollment projections, according to a report from…
Pittsburgh-based healthcare giants UPMC and Highmark have both followed the orders of a federal judge and dropped their respective antitrust lawsuits, bringing four years of litigation to a close.
Abbott Laboratories has agreed to a $5.5 million settlement to resolve allegations the company illegally paid physicians kickbacks to entice them to use Abbott's carotid, biliary and peripheral vascular products.
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Here are the 10 most popular legal stories reported by Becker's Hospital Review in 2013, beginning with the most-read.
Vermont and Massachusetts officials have announced they will withhold payments to CGI Group for constructing less than satisfactory health insurance exchange websites, according to a report from The Boston Globe.
More than 1.1 million people enrolled in health plans through the federal exchange between Oct. 1 and Dec. 24, according to a blog post by CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner.
One of the recently disclosed qui tam lawsuits against Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates was filed by the former CEO of Charlotte Regional Medical Center in Punta Gorda, Fla., according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal report.
Prosecutors say two executives at Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago cooperated with a federal investigation into an alleged kickback scheme that resulted in the arrest of the hospital's CEO, CFO and four physicians, according to a Crain's Chicago report.