Legal & Regulatory Issues

In response to the Becker's Hospital Review report, "Temper AMA Panel's Power Over Physician Fees, Healthcare Economist Proposes," a comment attributed to the American Medical Association reads as the following:

Here are the 20 biggest false claims investigations and lawsuits of 2010.

Both Houses of Congress have approved a one-year Medicare fee-fix, which averts a 25 percent reimbursement cut for physicians, and President Obama is expected to sign it, according to a report by the Hill.

A U.S. District Court judge in New Jersey has thrown out a lawsuit by New Jersey Physicians Inc. challenging the healthcare reform law, according to a Bloomberg report.

In rare bipartisan unanimity, the Senate approved a one-year Medicare fee-fix that averts a 25 percent reimbursement cut for physicians, according to a report by Reuters.

The U.S. House Representatives has passed legislation that will exempt physicians from the Red Flags Rule, according to a report by the Hill.

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen may file a new lawsuit against healthcare reform if he doesn't join the 20-state challenge led by the state of Florida, according to the Hill.

Senate Leaders in both parties have hammered out a deal for a one-year Medicare physician fee-fix by taking $19.2 billion in tax credits to buy health insurance out of the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Politico.

The Obama administration told a federal judge that even if the individual mandate to buy insurance is struck down, other parts of the law could legally remain, according to a report by the Hill.

A federal judge in Ohio said a lawsuit challenging the healthcare reform law can proceed, making it the third challenge to go forward so far, according to a report by the Hill.