Bethesda, Md.-based health insurer Coventry Health Care has agreed to a $3 million settlement to resolve allegations it provided employees with unauthorized access to a Medicare database.
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The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City is contending the results of a federal audit, which claims the system should repay more than $550,000 after it "accidentally" overbilled Medicare for a cancer drug, according to an Associated…
Clearwater, Fla.-based Morton Plant Mease Health Care has agreed to pay $10.17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling Medicare.
Four Colorado ambulatory surgery centers have filed an anti-trust lawsuit against HCA, HCA-HealthOne, Centura Health, the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado, alleging anti-competitive activities and restraint of trade agreements, according to a Modern…
A former employee claims Bayonne (N.J.) Medical Center fired him after he reported illegal staffing practices in the hospital's hematology department, according to a Jersey Journal report.
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A new bipartisan bill would allow people to exempt themselves from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's health insurance mandate by filing an affidavit with the Internal Revenue Service, according to a report from The Hill.
HHS proposed three new rules today related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the rules involved several major portions of the law, including essential health benefits, health insurance market reforms and employer-sponsored wellness programs.
Rutgers University's governing boards have adopted resolutions to approve changes proposed in state legislation that will transfer most of the schools, centers and institutes that make up the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark to Rutgers…
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers University's two governing boards will vote Nov. 19 on whether to approve a large academic restructuring with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark and Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., according to…
The Federal Trade Commission has authorized an action to block Reading (Pa.) Health System's proposed acquisition of Surgical Institute of Reading, claiming the transaction would "substantially reduce" competition in the area.