Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn., has agreed to a settlement of roughly $3.6 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations, which it voluntarily reported.
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Sticking to the basics, the Supreme Court essentially upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 vote on Thursday. Some of the country cheered, while other segments of America sneered. However, like most news stories, the healthcare…
In a historic 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court decided to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which means hospitals and health systems must continue to stay on top of pending healthcare reforms.Here, Sanjay Saxena, MD, partner in Booz…
Ken Beverly, former president and CEO of Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Ga., was sentenced to two years in prison and a three-year supervised release after being found guilty of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, according to an Albany Herald report.
As some in the medical community cheered in support of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the medical device industry is concerned over a medical device tax provision in the law, according to…
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will strengthen Republicans' resolve to repeal it, according to a Hill report.
Lehigh Valley Health Network, based in Allentown, Pa., has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the health system failed to pay nurses for work done before and after shifts and during their lunch breaks, according to…
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (pdf) as constitutional, although the Medicaid expansion provision was limited but not invalidated.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a nurse's pay and whether a defendant's pre-certified settlement offer to a plaintiff who may bring class action is legitimate, according to a Courthouse News Service report.
St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Miss., is moving forward with construction on a sports complex despite the fact it is embroiled in a lawsuit with a former Major League Baseball player over a similar project on the same land, according…