A class action settlement concluding a data breach lawsuit against insurer AvMed will be the first such settlement to offer financial remuneration to class action members who did not suffer identity theft following the breach.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Five House Democrats have sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder suggesting the federal government should seek a request a refund from the contractors tasked with building the federal exchange website, HealthCare.gov.
U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has blocked Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's executive order meant to force Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi to reinstate 10 hospitals owned by Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates into its network, according to a…
MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., will have to repay more than $1.06 million in Medicare reimbursements to the government after an audit from the HHS Office of Inspector General found incorrectly billed inpatient and outpatient claims.
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has said calling a special legislative session to consider expanding the state's Medicaid program is "out of the question," according to a news release.
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Next year, Medicare beneficiaries will not see their Part B premiums rise, according to a news release from CMS.
Republican senators have rejected the idea of delaying a $63 per person transitional reinsurance fee under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Washington Post.
The IRS has processed more than 330,000 tax premium computation requests through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act data hub.
The federal health insurance exchange website, HealthCare.gov, will run smoothly by the end of November, Jeffrey Zients, who has been tasked with repairing the site, told reporters Friday, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
CMS has finalized policies from a proposed rule concerning the program integrity of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges.