The following headline caught my eye the other day: "A Dozen Hospitals Are Laying Off Staff and Blaming Obamacare; Don't Believe Them." Don't believe them? That seems like strong language, especially since the majority of hospitals announcing layoffs have attributed…
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Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) has introduced legislation that would require federal employees that administer the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to buy health insurance coverage through the marketplaces established under the law.
Republican legislators have raised further questions about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act navigator program, asking about the payment of navigator staff, budget evaluations, the use of door-to-door enrollment tactics and other aspects of the effort to help consumers…
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has said he won't block a final vote on a spending bill that includes a provision to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Hill.
A federal judge in Hartford, Conn., has dismissed a suit filed by 14 Medicare beneficiaries seeking coverage after hospital stays classified as observational made them ineligible for Medicare reimbursement for their nursing home care, according to a report in the…
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The Corporate Whistleblower Center is urging hospital officials with knowledge of fraudulent Medicare billing to step forward.
The state-based insurance exchanges set to open Oct. 1 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will likely have access to funding even if Congress fails to pass a spending bill and the federal government shuts down, exchange officials…
A previously dismissed lawsuit against former executives at Trinity Hospital Twin City in Dennison, Ohio, regarding an alleged connection between the executives and the hospital's financial trouble has been reopened, according to a report in the Times Reporter.
The acquisition of a previously independent physician practice by Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System has sparked a legal battle with regional competitor Saint Alphonsus Health System, also based in Boise. The case will head to trial this week, according…
CMS has released a proposed rule to establish the Basic Health Program, which would give states the option to provide health insurance to low-income people who don't qualify for Medicaid.