Legal & Regulatory Issues

The head of the Catholic Health Association, Sister Carol Keehan, has sent a formal submission to federal regulators stating the proposed compromises on the requirement that employers cover contraception are "unduly cumbersome and would be unlikely to adequately meet the…

HHS' Steve Larsen, the director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, has resigned and will leave his post in mid-July, according to a Hill report.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is predicting "sharp disagreement" among members of the Court regarding upcoming rulings, including the decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a CNN report.

In an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, former CMS administrator Donald Berwick, MD, said he doesn't think healthcare in the United States "will ever go back" to a pre-reform state.

Senate Republicans are demanding to know why health officials signed a $20 million public relations contract to promote the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Hill report.

Health insurers in the Albany, New York-area oppose state legislation that would allow physicians to collectively bargain for payor contracts as part of a three-year demonstration project, according to a Business Review report.

Christus Spohn Health System, based in Kingsville, Texas, has paid a $5.1 million settlement to resolve allegations that its hospitals submitted false claims to Medicare.

Should the Supreme Court overturn all, or even part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, hospital leaders may need to reassess some of their short-term and long-term business and operational strategies.

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently deliberating over arguments it heard last month for and against the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, its individual mandate and the Medicaid expansion. The healthcare industry has been preparing for…

The cost of Medicaid fraud audits is five times more than the amount of overpayments they identify, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.