South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., has agreed to a $750,000 settlement over charges tied to a 2010 data breach that leaked the personal health information of more than 800,000 patients, according to a Boston Globe report.
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The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil suit against Clayton, Mo.-based RehabCare Group, claiming it paid more than $10 million in kickbacks in exchange for Medicare and Medicaid patient referrals to its Missouri nursing homes, according to a St.…
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has filed a written response to an antitrust suit filed by West Penn Allegheny Health System, the same suit UPMC recently tried to halt, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
More than half of all Americans who had individual health insurance in 2010 were enrolled in plans that would have failed to provide sufficient coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Health Affairs report.
New Jersey physician Dov Rand, MD, has admitted to accepting cash in exchange for making Medicare and Medicaid patient referrals and pleaded guilty to one count of violating the federal antikickback statute.
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Verdicts for most malpractice trials are in the physicians' favor, but cases that go to trial tend to take more than three years, according to a study from the Archives of Internal Medicine.
A poll of 50,000 specialists and primary care physicians reveals that more than half of them — 56 percent — are concerned about the pending Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
Fifteen states this week asked the U.S. Justice Department for help in obtaining the anesthesia drug sodium thiopental for use in executions, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh may muddle the improved rapport between the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Highmark, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
More than 40 Catholic groups and institutions have filed federal lawsuits over an HHS mandate that requires employers to provide female employees health insurance coverage for contraceptives, claiming the federal requirement is a violation of religious freedoms promised in the…