Specialty Hospital of Washington, the corporate owner of United Medical Center (formerly Greater Southeast Hospital), countered the city's portrayal of the hospital's financial troubles in a court filing, according to a Washington Post report.
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Colorado has enacted legislation that will reopen the grandfathering period for CRNAs without graduate degrees if an applicant has been "recognized as an advanced practice nurse in another state or jurisdiction and has practiced as an advanced practice nurse for…
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CMS has issued a final rule allowing states to create alternative benefits packages for certain Medicaid populations, according to the Federal Register.
WellPoint, which runs Anthem Blue Cross in California, withdrew its request for rate increases in California's individual insurance market after the state's insurance commissioner found flaws with the company's methodology, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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In a filing this week, Washington officials asked D.C. Superior Court to seize control of United Medical Center, formerly called Greater Southeast Community Hospital, as the hospital has been unable to pay bills or taxes or meet its retirement plan…
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil investigation into possible anticompetitive behaviors by Boston-based Partners HealthCare System and issued letters requesting information related to the system's contracting procedures with health insurers to Partners and Massachusetts' three largest insurance…
A federal judge in a California district court has denied a motion to dismiss antitrust claims by a California physician group and two physicians against Children's Hospital Central California in Madera, Calif., and two other medical practices, according to court…
At the request of the American College of Radiology, House Energy & Commerce Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Ways & Means Committee Chair Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) and Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health Chair Pete Stark (D-Calif.) recently called on the…
Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., is suing Citigroup for up to $20 million, claiming that the investment bank didn't warn the hospital about the risk of refinancing debt using variable-rate bonds, according to a report by the Mercury News.