St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio, is facing a lawsuit from a cardiologist who claims accusations made by the hospital defamed his character and hurt his business, according to a Plain Dealer report.
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An antitrust suit filed by an ambulatory surgery center against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Southern Illinois Healthcare in Carbondale faces an uphill battle after a federal judge dismissed a major tenet of the case, according to a…
HHS has issued a final rule containing regulations for the new health insurance exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Alabama received $88.2 million in unallowable performance bonus payments under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, according to a report from the HHS Office of Inspector General.
A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit joins other recent decisions in questioning the use of the False Claims Act in contract and administrative disputes, rather than in outright fraud cases, according to a report in…
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The whistle-blower in a False Claims Act suit against Houston-based Dubuis Health System will receive $2.1 million of the $8 million settlement, according to a National Law Review report.
HHS has delayed the final approval dates for health plans that will be sold through the new insurance exchanges, according to a report fromThe Hill.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has issued a request for comment on the implementation of section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which prohibits healthcare discrimination based on a nationally protected status, including age, race, sex…
Medicare inappropriately filled $6 million in claims for diabetes testing strips in 2011, according to a report from HHS' Office of the Inspector General.
Agents with the FBI arrested the CEO of Mobile Doctors, a Chicago-based company that manages physicians who make house calls, yesterday for alleged Medicare fraud.