The average cost of an inpatient hospital stay increased 90 percent between 2000 and 2010 — from $17,390 to $33,079 — according to a new report by the Health Industry Distributors Association. A 90 percent increase in 10 years is…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
None of the states seem completely ready for the Oct. 1 launch of the new online health insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a consultant whose company has been involved in exchange design and development has…
The HHS Office of Inspector General has released three reports, which detail $2.3 million in Medicare overpayments to three different hospital organizations.
Legislation introduced Monday by Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) would prohibit union members from getting tax subsidies for their nonprofit, multiemployer health plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has the potential to shift program enrollee demographics and potentially lead to lower-than-expected spending by increasing the number of white male beneficiaries in better health than the current program population,…
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House Republican leaders could revive a legislative strategy from 2011 to let conservatives vote on defunding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act while avoiding a government shutdown, according to a Politico report.
Many hospital ad campaigns involve a degree of puffery about clinical programs, but at what point does boasting become grounds for a claim of false advertising?
The Federal Trade Commission recently stated its stepped-up enforcement of data security laws is a part of its "ongoing efforts to make sure that companies live up to the promises they make about privacy and data security," according to a…
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has withdrawn its lawsuit accusing Highmark of false advertising against the health system, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
A hospital's leadership team helps set the tone when it comes to the organization's legal and regulatory compliance. To get an idea of how robustly a hospital approaches its compliance plan and creates a culture that mitigates risk, it helps…