A federal judge in Oregon approved class-action status for a lawsuit claiming Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System required employees to undergo mandatory training without compensation, according to a Bend Bulletin report.
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Seeking legislation requiring greater disclosure of hospital facility fees, Connecticut's attorney general is asking patients to submit complaints if their healthcare provider unexpectedly billed them a facility fee.
The Medicare Part A inpatient hospital deductible will go up by $32 to $1,216 in calendar year 2014, CMS has announced.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has apologized to the public for the technical issues they have experienced while trying to enroll in health plans through the federal exchange website, HealthCare.gov, according to a CBS News report.
Reps. Charles Boustany, MD, (R-La.) and Amy Bera (D-Calif.) have introduced legislation to delay by two years an excise tax on health insurance companies set to kick in under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2014.
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Republicans have criticized President Barack Obama for not keeping his promise that people could keep their current health insurance plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Hill.
Lawyers for Pittsburgh-based Highmark and UPMC agreed in principle on a settlement last week that would end a four-year antitrust case between the two, but that tentative agreement has hit some snags, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
While the cost of medical malpractice is growing at the slowest rate it has in 14 years, these claims can and will still carry significant financial consequences for hospitals in 2014, according to Aon Risk Solutions' 2013 Hospital and Physician…
A malpractice claim is a physician's worst nightmare — so much so that 76 percent of physicians surveyed reported that anxiety of malpractice lawsuits influence how they practice medicine, according to an article in JAMA Internal Medicine. Other studies found…
The city of Pittsburgh has responded to UPMC's claims that it has no employees — an argument that could greatly complicate the city's challenge to the health system's tax exemption.