Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas has settled criminal and civil changes of violating the federal Anti-Kickback Statute with a payment of $258,000 and consent to up to two years of federally-imposed monitoring, though federal investigation continues into other FPMC…
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From July 2006 through June 2009 in the United States, emergency department visits for pneumonia accounted for 2.2 percent of all ED visits, according to a study in Academic Emergency Medicine.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and insurance company Highmark are at a stand-off regarding reimbursements for chemotherapy infusion claims at Arnold Palmer Cancer Center, a joint venture with UPMC and Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health in Greensburg, according to a report…
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has fined 15 providers approximately $2 million total for a variety of violations, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
President Obama will reject any legislation that defunds or delays the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, White House press secretary Jay Carney said at a press briefing Thursday.
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Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) has introduced a joint resolution that would defund and delay further implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until 2015.
A New York judge criticized the state's regulations for hospital closures, calling them "unconstitutionally vague" and complicating the closure of Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, N.D., has refunded $64,526 to Medicare due to erroneous inpatient and outpatient claims, according to a report from the HHS Office of Inspector General.
HHS has criticized the Florida Department of Health for reportedly barring Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act navigators — trained professionals who will help consumers learn about and apply for coverage through the health insurance exchanges — from county health…
House lawmakers have voted to pass legislation that would require federal officials to verify a person's eligibility for subsidies to help cover the cost of healthcare through the new exchanges before distributing the funds.