The following information is from Diederich Healthcare's analysis of medical malpractice payouts in 2011 as recorded by the National Practitioner Data Bank.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
A two-year-old whistleblower lawsuit claiming Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Medical Center submitted false Medicare claims has been dropped, according to a Times Free Press report.
A physician has sued Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and its parent, Partners HealthCare System, over who owns the rights to inventions developed in the physician's home workshop, according to a Boston Globe report.
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The following hospital lawsuits were reported within the past month, beginning with the most recent.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has announced Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plan will pay $137.5 million to the federal government and nine states to settle four lawsuits alleging the payor violated the False Claims Act.
The following states experienced the most Medicaid fraud investigations and convictions during fiscal year 2011. The following data was reported to the Office of Inspector General by the 50 State Medicaid Fraud Control Units.
Though CMS recently increased its original anesthesia conversion factors for 2012, physician groups must determine if it is in their best interest to reprocess the limited number of claims made prior to the corrected rate, according to a report from…
CMS has announced that the deadline for eligible professionals to submit eligibility appeals under the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs' 2011 payment year has been extended until April 30, 2012.
Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Va., has lost an appeal contesting the denial of a certificate of public need to offer open-heart surgery, according to a Progress-Index report.