The Office of Inspector General has issued its Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol, which outlines the process for healthcare providers to follow when they discover conduct that may violate federal fraud and abuse laws.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Yesterday, 26 state attorneys general and the National Federation of Independent Business filed briefs with the Supreme Court that laid out their arguments against President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, according to a Reuters report.
Smith & Nephew has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with their Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation, according to a company news release.
Insurance company Aetna is suing seven California surgery centers for a billing system that the payor claims "recklessly subverts" healthcare delivery by allegedly overcharging for certain services, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Henry Ford Health System in Detroit has settled a complaint with the Department of Justice, resolving allegations that the hospital system failed to provide sign language interpreters to a deaf patient, according to a DOJ news release.
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The president and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York is in the midst of a billion-dollar dispute with the cancer center of the University of Pennsylvania, which claims he walked away with groundbreaking research and used it…
White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles has been accused of patient-dumping and now faces a lawsuit alleging elder abuse, false imprisonment and hospital negligence, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Federal investigators are looking into the billing practices at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston to determine whether it overbilled Medicare for inpatient stays, according to a Boston Globe report.
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health Care is facing more than $80,000 in fines and penalties after attorneys general in two states accused the system's bone and marrow registry of "unfair and deceptive acts," according to a News Telegram report.
Legislation that would repeal a provision designed for the disabled and elderly under the healthcare reform law has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report.