HHS' Office of Inspector General and CMS have released final rules that revise the Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbor and Stark Law exception, respectively, for certain arrangements involving the donation of electronic health records.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The Justice Department recovered $2.6 billion in settlements and judgments from healthcare fraud in fiscal year 2013.
Earlier this week, the Obama administration enacted a 24-hour extension, from midnight on Monday to Tuesday, for people to sign up and start receiving health coverage by Jan. 1, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
2013 has been a year filled with many challenges for implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The problems surrounding the health insurance exchange website Healthcare.gov, garnered the most attention, but other issues also caused trouble for the…
A lawsuit accusing Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University Health System of anticompetitive pricing was granted class-action status, making it the first private antitrust class-action related to a hospital merger, according to a brief from McDermott Will & Emery.
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Nearly half of the American public views the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unfavorably, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll.
President Obama told reporters Friday more than 500,000 people signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov during the first three weeks of December, according to a report from The Hill.
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates has disclosed it has been named in four qui tam lawsuits filed by private individuals.
An audit of Maryland's Medicaid program has found the state owes the federal government more than $115.3 million after it made errors in quarterly grant award statements.
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) and 19 other House Republicans have introduced a bill that would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if it doesn't meet enrollment goals, according to a report from The Hill.