Legal & Regulatory Issues

It may seem odd to imagine yet another court ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but some scholars believe it could technically end up back in court because of a potential flaw in the law, according to…

Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., is appealing a circuit court ruling that blocked the hospital's relocation plans, according to a Birmingham News report.

Two proposed Michigan bills would restrict the type of patients who can sue physicians for medical malpractice and raise the burden of proof to sue for malpractice.

Federal officials have charged 48 people across five states for their alleged participation in a massive fraud scheme that cost Medicaid roughly $500 million.

A draft appropriations bill released by the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee would terminate funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality beginning Oct. 1, according to an AHA News Now report.

The American Gastroenterological Association has issued a statement encouraging President Obama to sign the Prescription Drug User Fee Act into law.

Wyoming Medical Center in Casper has reached a settlement in principle with a whistleblower who claimed the hospital overbilled Medicare and Medicaid and fired her after she went to the authorities, according to a Casper Star-Tribune report.

Several of the most troubled hospitals in New York City are partially or completely uninsured for malpractice, a strategy that may make sense in the short term but is detrimental to patients, according to a New York Times report.

The American Gastroenterological Association has issued a preliminary analysis of the CMS proposed rules for 2013 Medicare reimbursement.

President Obama on Monday signed into law the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, which included provisions to alleviate critical drug shortages.