Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) has called HHS' decision to cut required training hours for health insurance exchange navigators irresponsible.
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The Arizona State Court of Appeals has ruled hospitals are able to be sued under the state's elder abuse laws, according to an Arizona Daily Star report.
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas will keep its Medicare and Medicaid funding, as a CMS survey found the hospital to be compliant with federal regulations, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
A CMS contractor missed scheduled deadlines for submitting security documents concerning the federal health insurance exchange data hub, according to a report from the HHS Office of Inspector General.
A court date for Texas Heart Institute's suit to free itself from St. Luke's Health System, both in Houston, has been postponed for the second time, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
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Three Wisconsin-based Catholic hospital systems had planned to deny admitting privileges to physicians who performed abortions, but the state Department of Justice says such a policy would violate federal law, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.
The city of Pittsburgh's challenge to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's tax exemption will be heard in common pleas court upon a judge's ruling — not a federal court, as UPMC had requested — according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Physician-owned hospitals in Texas, such as The Woodlands, Texas-based Victory Healthcare and Dallas-based Forest Park Medical Center, are expanding by working around restrictions put in place by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report by The…
Predictions from some states warning that health insurance costs will increase significantly in federally facilitated exchanges are incorrect, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday, according to a Reuters report.
Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges will not open until Oct. 1, HHS has announced consumers can begin creating online accounts now to prepare.