The president has aggressively marketed the support of certain industry groups such as the pharmaceutical industry, the AMA and the AHA to help sell healthcare reform. He has used their pledges of support, which came in exchange for price protection…
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The Cincinnati City Council is delaying approval of the sale of Jewish Hospital to Mercy Health Partners, citing concerns about its impact on University Hospital, another member in the struggling Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, according to a report by…
Former CEO of Midwest Medical Center in Galena, Ill., Jeff Hill, recently settled his lawsuit against the hospital with the hospital's board, but the hospital's bond holders did not approve the settlement offer, prompting Mr. Hill's attorney to file a…
The American Hospital Association has urged the Department of Health and Human Services to retain its "risk of harm" standard in its final rule on breach notification for unsecured protected health information, according to a report by AHANews.
The Oregon Department of Human Services issued a preliminary denial of a certificate of need application from the Columbia Health District to build a 12-bed hospital, according to a report by the Columbia County Buzz Examiner.
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Twenty defendants, most of them Los Angeles residents, have been charged in seven cases for allegedly participating in Medicare fraud schemes involving durable medical equipment that resulted in more than $26 million in fraudulent bills to the Medicare program, according…
Six Houston area residents have been charged for their involvement in healthcare fraud schemes, which resulted in false claims being submitted to Medicare, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to approve the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (H.R. 3596), which would eliminate federal antitrust immunities available for health and medical liability insurers for price fixing, bid rigging and market allocation, according to a…
A California state auditor found that some state employees at Napa (Calif.) State Hospital and Sonoma Developmental Center in Eldridge, Calif., doubled their salaries with overtime pay over a five-year period, potentially putting patients at risk, according to a report…
Merck & Co. paid doctors and other healthcare professionals a total of $3.7 million this summer to give talks to colleagues about its products and other health topics, according to a release from Merck.