Democratic members of the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees have sent a letter to members of the Democratic Caucus warning that defunding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would have disastrous effects on Medicare, Medicaid…
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and insurance company Highmark have continued running negative attack advertisements against each other, and a task force formed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett seems to have withdrawn a request that the companies stop running the…
A former executive at Progressive Care S.C., an oncology practice in Chicago, has filed a whistle-blower suit accusing three physicians of improperly billing Medicare and violating the Stark Law, according to a Chicago Crain's Business report.
House lawmakers have passed a spending resolution that includes a provision to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a final rule that requires municipal advisers to register with the agency, and the rule applies to third-party financial advisors to hospitals.
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Officials from Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network are lobbying for "any willing provider" legislation, which would prohibit payers from refusing to contract with any hospitals willing to provide services, according to a Pittsburgh BusinessTimes report.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has introduced a bill that would delay open enrollment for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges until the Government Accountability Office and the HHS Office of Inspector General verify necessary data security…
An official from the Federal Trade Commission explained why the commission would rather settle than pursue litigation in certain matters, including antitrust cases involving hospitals.
Federal officials met at the White House today to launch a new initiative to prevent, protect against and, if necessary, prosecute consumer fraud and privacy violations in the health insurance marketplaces established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has announced the House will move forward with a spending resolution that includes a provision to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, calling the healthcare reform law a "train wreck."