Federal investigators have been probing King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., since 2011 for overstenting, according to a Bloomberg report.
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On Oct. 3, a federal judge ordered Sumter, S.C.-based Tuomey Healthcare System to pay approximately $237 million in fines after a federal jury, in May, found the system violated Stark Law and the False Claims Act by submitting $39 million…
Pennsylvania lawmakers have crafted legislation to end the dispute between Pittsburgh-based Highmark and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Reps. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) have announced they plan to work together along with a bipartisan coalition to end the government shutdown.
Several news organizations have filed a motion to keep proceedings open to the public in an antitrust lawsuit between the Federal Trade Commission and two hospitals in Idaho, according to an Idaho Statesman report.
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HealthCare.gov — the federal site devoted to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaces —got 4.7 million visitors in its first 24 hours and continued to function slowly Wednesday, according to a report from The Hill.
As of Oct. 1, healthcare providers in Montana cannot ask patients if they own or have access to a firearm as a condition of providing care.
Federally funded studies at the National Institutes of Health will have to turn away approximately 200 people each week the government remains shut down, according to an estimate from NIH Director Francis Collins in a report from PBS.
A judge's order for Sumter, S.C.-based Tuomey Healthcare System's to pay roughly $277 million in fines for false Medicare claims has been reduced by $39 million to correct a clerical error, according to a report from The State.
Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Jefferson Hills, Pa., part of Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, has changed its name to Jefferson Hospital, according to a TribLIVE report.