Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), ranking member on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, has announced the Medicare Advantage Program Integrity Act to enhance program integrity and ensure accurate plan payments in the Medicare Advantage program.
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Today, the Supreme Court will hear 90 minutes of oral argument on whether the court has the right to hear the case against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before the first penalties occur in 2015, according to a…
This week's schedule at the U.S. Supreme Court includes three days of oral arguments concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a SCOTUS blog report.
What is the Corporate Practice of Medicine?While many Americans are aware of laws limiting the practice of medicine to licensed medical individuals, many may not have considered the impact these laws have on corporations. Many would agree that an individual…
Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission have filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the acquisition of Palmyra Medical Center in Albany, Ga., by the Albany-Dougherty Hospital Authority, which owns Palmyra's only competitor, Phoebe Putney Health System,…
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The Tennessee House Health and Human Resources Committee has voted in favor of legislation that would allow the state government to take over the federal Medicare program in the state, according to a Knox News report.
On Feb. 23, 2012, CMS released its proposed rule for Stage 2 requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. The Stage 2 rule included criteria eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals must meet in…
The American Health Information Management Association is transitioning its training course emphasis from ICD-9 to ICD-10, according to a Fierce Health IT report.
HHS announced that the rate review authority under healthcare reform revealed "unreasonable" health insurance premium increases in nine states.
A new Commonwealth Fund report finds that all states — except Arizona — have taken steps to implement the healthcare reform law, such as passing legislation or regulations or actively reviewing insurer filings.