The U.S. Department of Labor has sided with an employee from Mayo Clinic who claims the hospital discriminated against him after he made safety complaints related to his duties as a courier, according to a Post-Bulletin report.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
This article provides observations on the type of compliance review needed for physician-owned hospitals.The Stark Act provides specific limitations applicable to physician ownership of a hospital, but physicians may invest in hospitals under an exception to the Act known as…
A New Hampshire bill that would repeal the state's certificate of need process has signaled other structural changes that may take place with the state's review board, according to a Concord Monitor report.
Minnesota's state government is under a federal investigation to determine whether it inflated premium rates for its state Medicaid program, called Medical Assistance, and improperly received excess federal funding, according to a Star Tribune report.
A federal judge has paused the antitrust case between Pittsburgh-based UPMC and West Penn Allegheny Health System after the latter accused the judge of displaying bias, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
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The government has recovered roughly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars in fiscal year 2011 from healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts, according to a news release from the Department of Health and Human Services.
A small physician-owned hospital in Dayton, Ohio, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Premier Health Partners, claiming the large health system colluded to drive insurers away from doing business with it, according to a Dayton Daily News report.
Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., has been ordered to pay $10 million in damages after a jury found the hospital falsely advertised its weight loss program as a "Center of Excellence" by allowing a surgeon who did not meet the…
Rhode Island Hospital in Providence will pay $5.3 million to settle allegations that it charged Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary overnight hospital stays, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Physicians Hospitals of America has organized a Congressional outreach effort with the goal of revising Section 6001 under healthcare reform in order to meet increased patient demand as the law starts to unfold.