Senate Finance Committee ranking member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to assess the security of the data hub for the new health insurance exchanges, according to a report from The Hill.
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Oregon's online health insurance exchange, Cover Oregon, will still launch on Oct. 1 but will not be fully accessible until mid-October or later, according to a report from The Oregonian.
Riverside Methodist Hospital and parent OhioHealth, both based in Columbus, Ohio, are facing a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over the hospital's termination of a narcoleptic employee.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has requested a stay on a federal lawsuit challenging a new state law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals pending an appellate ruling, according to a Minneapolis Star-Tribune report.
State laws regulating health insurance exchange navigators could limit people's access to assistance, some consumer advocates and health policy experts have said, according to a report from The Center for Public Integrity.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act faces possible obstacles that could derail its implementation, despite carefully constructed incentives and safeguards, according to a report from The New York Times.
The troubled Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago paid at least $5.5 million to companies controlled by its former owner and CEO, Edward Novak, who was arrested by the FBI in April, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
CMS is requesting public comment on how it can appropriately disclose individual physician payment data.
Medicare patients undergo more diagnostic tests and emergency department referrals when they are treated by physicians who fear malpractice lawsuits, according to a new study from the Center for Health System Change.
The Independent Payment Advisory Board — a Medicare cost-cutting panel established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — has faced growing opposition from Democrats who say it will prove harmful to patients.