A rapidly changing healthcare industry is demanding adjustments to the priorities of internal auditors within hospitals and health systems, according to a new survey released by the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors and Protiviti, a risk and business consulting agency.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
HHS' Office of Inspector General is staring at a budget deficit that will cause the agency to lose 400 staff members, or about 20 percent of its workforce, by the end of 2015, according to a Washington Post report.
Republican lawmakers have asked leaders in both the House and Senate to not support a government funding bill unless it defunds the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Whether Virginia expands its Medicaid program could depend on the outcome of the state's gubernatorial election this November, according to a Politico report.
Charlesetta Woodard-Thompson, the former interim CEO of Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tenn., has filed a $25 million suit against the hospital alleging retaliatory discharge and conspiracy, according to a Times Free Press report.
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Most Americans disapprove of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and 39 percent want Congress to repeal it, according to a CBS News poll.
Recent state restrictions on abortion clinics could have an unintended consequence: reducing access to healthcare for poor and uninsured women, according to a report from Pew Charitable Trust's Stateline.
A recent ruling by a Texas court of appeals that allows physicians an opportunity to arbitrate noncompete-clause buyouts even if an amount is stated explicitly in the contract may lead to more non-competition violations and subsequent litigations, according to a…
A former administrator at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has pled guilty to fraud involving misappropriation of funds and a series of illegitimate payments, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee has passed a bipartisan proposal that would repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate.