Legal & Regulatory Issues

CMS' estimated 0.1 percent cut in Medicare payments to hospitals for fiscal 2011 shows hospitals' position in the health reform era may not be as protected as many trade associations had supposed.

The IRS recently released the updated 2009 Form 990, schedules and instructions, which apply to fiscal years that begin in 2009. The 2009 changes address several critical areas including the governance, compensation and interested person transaction sections. These updates to…

Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry signed into law the "Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act," which prohibits non-MD or DO providers from offering or performing interventional pain management, according to a news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry signed into law the "Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act," which prohibits non-MD or DO providers from offering or performing interventional pain management, according to a news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill that will place a one-year moratorium on the construction of new hospitals in the state, according to a report by the Omaha World-Herald.

A federal jury has found Tuomey Hospital in Sumter, S.C., part of Tuomey Health System, guilty of violating the Stark Act, according to a report by the Sumter Item.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a notice to Aetna on April 5 of the agency's intent to impose an intermediate sanction to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries continue to have access to prescription drugs under Medicare's requirements, according…

Democrats and Republicans in the Florida state legislature have announced a bill aimed at fighting the $1 billion Medicare fraud problem, according to a report in the South Florida Business Journal.

After months of financial uncertainty, St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Federal District Court in Manhattan, according to a report in The New York Times.

A hearing panel from the Health Systems Agency of Northern Virginia has recommended the denial of two proposals for new hospitals in Prince William County, Va., according to a report by the Washington Post.