The American Hospital Association has expressed support for a repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a cost-control entity created by President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The Texas Supreme Court has dismissed a physician's whistleblower suit against UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, reasoning that the plaintiff did not notify the proper authority about his suspicions of fraud, according to a Culture Map Dallas report.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.-S.C.) said Monday he would consider ceding to Democrats' demands for tax increases as long as defense was better protected and social programs such as Medicare and Medicaid were reformed in a big way, according to a…
HHS released a final rule (pdf) on health insurance requirements for coverage, eligibility, rate setting and review, which revises an earlier timeline for states to submit plans to review insurers' rates.
To avoid a last-minute mini-bargain similar to New Year's Day legislation to avert the sequestration spending cuts, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) suggested on NBC's "Meet The Press" that negotiators agree to delay elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
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Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., has settled a lawsuit filed by a nurse who claimed the hospital obliged a man's request and specified that no African-American nurses were to take care of a newborn child, according to a Detroit…
Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark is seeking an injunction to stop University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from sharing confidential Highmark documents the health system mistakenly received, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
A Utah bill would alter the process by which medical providers are summoned to appear before a pre-litigation panel in medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.
Patient data storage and access is becoming one of the most costly, challenging and risky areas of healthcare delivery. With the rapid proliferation of data, technology advancing faster than companies can keep up and increasing enforcement actions resulting from data…
Today, HHS issued a final rule on essential health benefits that must be covered when health insurance is expanded in 2014.