North Carolina might have to expand Medicaid whether state lawmakers want to or not, Gov. Pat McCrory said this week in a speech at the Heritage Foundation, according to a report from The Charlotte Observer.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
America's Health Insurance Plans CEO Karen Ignagni has advocated for a two-year delay of a health insurance tax included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Bloomberg report.
Obama administration officials have agreed to brief Republican lawmakers on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's implementation, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told The Hill.
The Obama administration has pushed back the date it will start imposing penalties on people who don't purchase insurance by six weeks, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has breathed new life into a case challenging the constitutionality of Virginia's certificate of need program, deciding the district judge who dismissed the suit must revisit the case.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla., part of the Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System, accusing the hospital of violating anti-discrimination laws.
A recently-filed lawsuit alleges Yakima (Wash.) Regional Medical Center and Toppenish (Wash.) Community Hospital, both owned by Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates, have violated the state's Charity Care Act and Washington Consumer Protection Act by dissuading low-income patients from visiting…
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark have reached a tentative agreement to settle four years of antitrust litigation, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Update: In an October 30, 2013 letter to Congressman Jim McDermott, the Secretary of HHS concluded that QHPs are not federal healthcare programs for purposes of the federal anti-kickback law. This opinion opens the door for providers to offer financial…
House Republicans have called for a briefing on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's implementation after hearing the Obama administration plans to meet with House Democrats today, according to The Hill.