Legal & Regulatory Issues

Paul Levy, former president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and author of the blog Not Running a Hospital, wrote a post comparing his health plan costs under Massachusetts' Health Connector and the Patient Protection and…

Officials at Cincinnati-based Mercy Health are confident a jury will reject a whistle-blower's allegations of a kickback scheme and fraudulent government billing, according to a Cincinnati Business Journal report.

Any personal information entered on Healthcare.gov in the process of signing up for health insurance will not be used to pursue civil immigration enforcement actions, according to a memo from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, Calif., has sued a physician group in the area, alleging unfair competition and intentional interference with physician-patient relationships, according to a Fresno Bee report.

A judge has delayed University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Pittsburgh and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, deciding it cannot move forward until the city's challenge to UPMC's tax exemption is decided in state court,…

The federal health insurance exchange website, HealthCare.gov, wasn't adequately tested before its launch, private contractors from several IT companies tasked with building the site told House lawmakers yesterday.

Federal officials have said 700,000 people have completed applications for health insurance coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

A new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General has found spine surgeries increased at hospitals after hospitals began purchasing devices from physician-owned distributorships.

Former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley has told CBS News the error-ridden rollout of the healthcare reform law's insurance exchanges is a "big embarrassment" and will result in substantial political fallout for the Obama administration.

Monthly premiums for health plans purchased through the health insurance exchanges will vary widely across the nation, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.