The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enacted in March 2010 has had a significant impact on the evolving healthcare industry. The PPACA legislation has created a new sense of urgency within the industry to discover new care delivery models,…
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U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap has denied a motion by 10 plaintiffs, including the family of late Dallas Cowboy Ron Springs, that argued Texas' cap on non-economic damages was unconstitutional, according to a news release by the Texas Alliance for…
Today's Supreme Court hearing suggested that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy may be the deciding vote in whether the individual mandate is constitutional, according to a SCOTUS blog report.
The following hospital data breaches were announced over the past three months, beginning with the most recent.
Jeffrey Lobosky, MD, an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California San Francisco and author of the upcoming book "It's Enough to Make You Sick: The Failure of American Health Care and a…
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Some states and insurers are developing backup plans in case the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is struck down by the Supreme Court, which is hearing oral arguments on the issue today, according to a New York…
Wyoming Medical Center in Casper recently filed a court document denying a former employee's claims that the hospital submitted false claims and fired her out of retaliation, according to a Billings Gazette report.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two hours of oral argument on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, marking the second of three days of hearings on the healthcare reform law, according to…
The following article was written by Chris McMenemy, vice president of Ortmann Healthcare Consultants. So Medicare paid you a surprise visit and the result, unfortunately, was a Plan of Correction. Although you most likely are feeling a great deal of…
The Supreme Court seems to be leaning toward ruling that the Anti-Injunction Act does not apply to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which would ensure the hearings continue this week, according to a Politico report.