A physician has sued Houston-based Memorial Hermann Hospital System, claiming it placed him on the National Practitioners Data Bank's adverse action report after he tried to address violations of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act at one…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Several states may partner with HHS to establish and run their health insurance exchanges due to political or timing reasons, which have hindered their ability to get plans ready by Jan. 1, 2014, according to a GovHealthIT report.
The commissioners for the public hospital district that owns Valley Medical Center in Renton, Wash., have voted to authorize litigation to determine the validity of a strategic alliance between VMC and Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine, according to a report…
A controller at Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital has been charged with felony theft for allegedly stealing roughly $300,000 from the hospital from February 2006 through September, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
A new study has found that 73 percent of health systems plan to self insure for their combined hospital-physician malpractice risk.
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A Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that physicians cannot be held liable for injuries to third parties caused by their patients, according to an American Medical News report.
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has said he will examine the use of antitrust law or new legislation to curb the state's artificially high healthcare costs, according to a Charlotte News & Observer report.
A former employee from Boulder City (Nev.) Hospital claims she was fired after voicing concern about the hospital's billing, according to a report from The Center for Public Integrity.
Madison-based UW Medical Foundation has reached an agreement with Physicians Plus, putting an end to the insurer's lawsuit, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.
Section 6001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act creates additional requirements to and limitations on the whole hospital exception to the Stark Law prohibition on physician referrals to physician-owned hospitals. The PPACA includes an expansion prohibition that prohibits…