The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has filed a false advertising lawsuit against Highmark over claims made in the insurer's recent ad campaign, according to a report in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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Physicians are trying to find a balance between transparency and what some consider cumbersome paperwork under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
A Pennsylvania lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require hospitals to fully disclose their outpatient facility fees, which are charged for services performed in physicians' offices and other non-hospital settings.
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas could soon face a costly class-action lawsuit over claims of unpaid overtime and other employee issues, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.
A bipartisan bill that would expand HHS' authority to exclude from Medicare providers previously involved in fraudulent activity has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to prevent the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing any aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report by The Hill.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) rejected a request yesterday to pass a bill that would delay the individual health insurance mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on a bill that would prevent the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing or implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — the 40th time such a vote has occurred in…
A bill introduced yesterday in the House of Representatives aims to keep hospitals from facing a False Claims lawsuit if the improper claims resulted from a billing error, according to an AHA News report.
The former CEO of Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District in Brawley, Calif., has pled guilty to embezzlement, according to an Imperial Valley Press report.