A former nurse at a hospital within Minneapolis, Minn.-based Allina Health System has filed suit, claiming she was fired in retaliation for reporting shortcomings in the hospital's trauma program, according to a Pioneer Press report.
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Ten Mississippi hospitals owned by Health Management Associates have filed suit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, claiming the payer shortchanged them by a cumulative of at least $13 million in improperly reduced inpatient payments, according to a Clarion…
The HHS Office of Inspector General has released several reports this week outlining how three hospitals did not comply with certain Medicare billing requirements.
A former payroll director at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta was indicted by a federal grand jury Monday for allegedly embezzling more than $450,000 in public funds, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
A Wisconsin lawmaker has proposed a bill that would ban physicians in the state from asking patients if they own guns, according to a Star Tribune report.
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Today HHS released updates to the 1994 guidelines on preventing the unexpected transmission of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV.
Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has subpoenaed documents from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's consumer operated and oriented plans, or CO-OP program, according to a report from The Hill.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has ruled that the National Labor Relations Board exceeded its authority when it issued a rule requiring all employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act to post a notice informing…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists laid out concerns last Friday over the language in a proposed Local Coverage Determination DL33188 on Nerve Blockades from Noridan Healthcare Solutions
Kathryn Abbate, former CEO of Miami Beach (Fla.) Community Health Center, has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for embezzling more than $6 million from the hospital.