Legal & Regulatory Issues

Several physicians have filed suit targeting Virginia's certificate of need regulation, claiming the requirement is unconstitutional, according to a Business Journals report.

The Facility Guidelines Institute is accepting comments on the draft of its 2014 edition of Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities — the reference standard for new construction and renovation of healthcare facilities.

Children's Hospital of Colorado in Aurora will pay $95,000 to settle allegations it discriminated against a job applicant with fibromyalgia after rescinding the her offer following a pre-employment health screening, according to an ABC 7News report.

Medigus has announced it has received FDA 510(k) marketing clearance for its SRS endoscopic system, according to a news release.

House Republicans expect a vote this week on a bill that would remove a planned a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices, according to a Hill report.

Two proposed arrangements between anesthesiologists and physician-owned facilities could lead to administrative sanctions, according to a Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General release.

HHS has issued a proposed rule to establish data collection standards necessary for defining essential health benefits in small-group and individual insurance market plans, called for in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

A 2009 qui tam lawsuit involving Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., has prompted a new state bill that would give protection to whistleblowers who identify wrongdoing affecting North Carolina's State Health Plan, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

A recent poll of 50,000 specialists and primary care physicians found that 56 percent are concerned about the pending Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Hospitals are taking note too, uncertain how CMS will implement the Sunshine Act, which requires pharmaceutical, medical…

The dean of University of Missouri's medical school in Columbia has announced his retirement while the U.S. Attorney's Office continues a seven-month probe over alleged Medicare violations at the school, according to Columbia Daily Tribune report.