New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued an executive order authorizing the creation of the New York Health Benefit Exchange as a marketplace for consumers and businesses to purchase healthcare plans, according to a Westfair Online report.
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Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg, Ala., has filed suit against AAA Ambulance, claiming the company interfered with patient choice by taking patients to Forrest General Hospital when they did not meet trauma criteria, according to a Hattiesburg American report.
A PBS NewsHour report answers a repeat question from viewers of that television news show who wrote in after a recent segment: What are healthcare benefits for Supreme Court justices, and how might that play into how the nine rule…
Two prominent Democratic members of Congress retiring soon, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), are joining a pool of other Democratic legislators weary of the future of PPACA, according to a report in The Hill.
Christian Head, MD, a head and neck surgeon within UCLA Health System, has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California after he was allegedly publicly humiliated at an event several years ago, according to…
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Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $70,157 in back wages to 487 current and former employees who were not properly compensated for breaks, according…
Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, Ala., has received a certificate of need to establish a permanent elective angioplasty program after a months-long battle with Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital, according to a Huntsville Times report.
Several bills to extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and to establish user-fees for generic drugs and biosimilars are making rounds in the Senate and House this week. But the version in the House comes with…
Six U.S. senators and two representatives introduced companion bills on Wednesday to address a concern that patients who experience complications from generic-drugs are barred from suing the manufacturing company who produced the drug.
The Office of Inspector General conducted an audit on the Medicare-Medicaid Data Match Program, finding the initiative to collaboratively fight fraud resulted in limited returns.