Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Hospital and medical device company Medtronic, based in Minneapolis, are facing a lawsuit from a Louisville woman who said she suffered "disabling complications" following a spinal surgery at Norton Hospital in 2006 that involved Medtronic's Infuse bone…
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Chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee John Kline (R-Minn.) has asked the National Labor Relations Board for documents and communication relating to a new policy on regional office pre-election hearings, according to an AHA News Now report.
CMS issued final rulings for Medicare Conditions of Participation and for the Medicare Regulatory Reform rule. The two rules are expected to create $5 billion in savings over the next five years.
If the Supreme Court strikes down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republicans may not offer a comprehensive plan to replace it, according to The Hill.
Plans to build Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital in Manistique, Mich., are frozen because the hospital failed to apply or pay for a building permit, according to a Daily Press report.
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Pennsylvania State Sen. Jim Ferlo has introduced a bill that would reinstate certificate of need requirements for new healthcare facilities in the state, according to an Essential Public Radio report.
Between 2001 and 2010, Medicare payments for evaluation and management services increased 48 percent, from $22.7 billion to $33.5 billion, and this was due to their high vulnerability to fraud and abuse from physicians billing higher levels, according to a…
Two individuals from Alabama who jointly operated a Medicaid fraud ring have each been sentenced to more than 25 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $2.8 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Services.
Today, U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and Joe Heck, DO, (R-Nev.), released the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 — a bill that would permanently repeal the sustainable growth rate formula within the Medicare physician fee schedule.
HHS has issued a proposed rule (pdf) in which primary care physicians serving Medicaid patients would see their Medicaid payments rise to Medicare levels.