CMS regulators say Fairview Health Services' billing and collection tactics with Accretive Health violated federal patient protection laws, meaning the system could potentially be excluded from Medicare and Medicaid, according to a Minneapolis Star Tribune report.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
An investigation has found HHS Secretary Kathleeen Sebelius broke a federal law when she promoted President Barack Obama's re-election in a speech she delivered in February.
The FDA has issued a recall on the I-Flow ON-Q Pump with ONDEMAND bolus button, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
The former executive director of Oakland, Calif.-based Oak Valley Hospital Foundation is suing the public hospital district and its former CEO, claiming she was fired for political activities that she participated in on her own time, according to a Modesto…
A former employee from All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., claims the hospital overpaid its physicians in violation of anti-kickback laws, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.
Advertisement
Despite the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act two months ago, a cloud of uncertainty has hung over the healthcare industry, as major players have tried to read the tea leaves and determine what…
The pending merger between St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance and 36-hospital Tulsa, Okla.-based Marian Health System is likely to face elaborate antitrust scrutiny given the breadth of the transaction, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
For-profit and non-profit hospitals in Florida are challenging a 1992 rule used to approve trauma centers in court, according to a News-Press report.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act saved consumers roughly $2.1 billion last year in discounted premiums due to several of the law's provisions, according to an HHS report.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that healthcare providers cannot challenge Medicare Recovery Auditors' review of claims that are more than a year old, according to an American Medical News report.