Legal & Regulatory Issues

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit allows insurance companies providing benefits under insured employee benefit plans to be sued under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, according to a report from law firm…

Becton Dickinson & Co. will pay $22 million to settle four antitrust lawsuits instigated by hospitals and other buyers, according to a report in The Record.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Midwest Regional Medical Center in Midwest City, Okla., alleging the hospital improperly terminated a nurse aide for taking time off work following cancer treatments. According to the suit, nurse aide…

Affinity Health Plan will settle potential HIPAA violations with $1.2 million after failing to erase leased photocopiers' hard drives of patients' protected health information.

CMS has announced plans to create computer matching agreements with the Internal Revenue Service and the Veterans Health Administration to regulate information disclosed from the CMS Data Services Hub.

A federal judge has rejected the government's request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma contesting the legality of certain tax penalties under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued its final regulations for the disclosure of taxpayer information under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

By Sept. 23, hospitals and physicians must comply with the HIPAA omnibus final rule, which strengthens patient privacy protections and provides patients with new rights to their protected health information.

Mark Knight, CFO of Jackson Health System in Miami, will appear before a court next month on charges related to drunken driving, according to a Miami Herald report.

Another provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been delayed — the law's out-of-pocket maximums for insured patients will not take effect until 2015, according to a report in The Hill.