The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has proposed rules under the healthcare reform law to prevent multiple employer welfare arrangements from defrauding consumers. MEWAs have frequently been used to defraud consumers. They let unrelated employers — usually…
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The HHS' Office of Inspector General has released the first of 11 videos and podcasts on compliance topics relevant for healthcare providers, according to an OIG news release.
Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., announced it will pursue legal action to stop the planned reopening of Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, N.J., according to a Record report.
The Supreme Court did not reach a decision on whether it would hear a challenge to the healthcare reform law at its Nov. 22 scheduling conference, according to a Times Dispatch report.
Republicans are ramping up attacks on other provisions of the healthcare reform law, namely the CLASS Act and the Independent Payment Advisory Board, according to a Hill report.
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An internist from Brooklyn, N.Y., has been indicted for allegedly falsifying Medicaid applications so his spouse could illegally qualify for Medicaid coverage, according to a news release from Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. In Oct. 2008, Oksana Shulim…
A former cardiologist from St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., is facing 22 more lawsuits filed by patients who claim Mark Midei, MD, misled them to undergo stent implants that may have been unnecessary, according to a Baltimore Business…
The former chief of cardiology at Johnson City (Tenn.) Medical Center was arraigned earlier this week on charges of obtaining narcotics by fraud, according to a Greenville Sun report. William Walker, MD, was fired from his position at JCMC when…
Attorneys for Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Health have asked a federal court to throw out a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice that questions the hospital’s billing practices and financial relationships with physicians, according to a Daytona Beach…
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) has introduced a bill that would exempt Medicare providers from pending cuts through sequestration under the Budget Control Act.