A study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that nearly 30 percent of orthopedic surgeons failed to disclose direct financial relationships with medical device makers when instructed to do so.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
California hospitals may lose the chance to access $2 billion in federal matching grants for Medicaid payments because of the state's longstanding opposition to new forms of taxation, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa., has switched Medicaid HMOs to avoid a 30 percent fee cut, according to a release from Chester County Hospital.
Michael Bakst, former CEO at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, Calif., has agreed to pay $64,000 to settle allegations by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that he arranged improper payments to…
The HHS Office of the Inspector General will monitor several specific coding issues for physicians' offices in Fiscal Year 2010, according to an extensive Work Plan released by the OIG's office.
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Physicians at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., have raised concerns about a proposed change to the University's conflict-of-interest rules that would allow physicians to make presentations for medical device manufacturers, but still ban physicians from giving speeches for…
The American Hospital Association is encouraging hospitals to voice their support to the Department of Health and Human Services of retaining the "risk of harm" standard in the final rule on notification of a breach of unsecured protected health information,…
TriStar Health Systems, a division of Hospital Corporation of America, has said that it will not appeal a judge's ruling to deny the company a certificate of need to develop a new hospital in Spring Hill, Tenn., according to a…
Physicians are attempting to remove a provision in the Senate Finance Reform Committee's healthcare reform bill that would penalize physicians who administer the most tests and treatments to their patients, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
CMS has issued an answer to a new frequently asked question regarding Recovery Audit Contractors. The question and answer is as follows: