The American Medical Association unveiled its new National Managed Care Contract and database, which is designed to help physicians analyze and negotiate contracts with insurers and help provide relief from unfair corporate business practices, according to an AMA news release.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The Maryland Hospital Association has persuaded state lawmakers to add several amendments to a new healthcare fraud bill, according to a report by the Baltimore Business Journal.
While Congress hems and haws over how it will handle the 21.2 percent (and growing) Medicare physician fee cut, physicians who are fed up with Congress' yearly drama over payments have a chance to opt out of Medicare, but they…
The Georgia Supreme Court recently ruled 4-3 to uphold a law that requires plaintiffs to establish that a physician committed gross negligence in order to receive damages in any malpractice case regarding emergency room care, according to a report by…
Here are 10 recent cases and settlements involving Medicare and/or Medicaid false claims by various healthcare providers.
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Hospitals in Idaho are supporting a bill that would have them pay $25 million annually for the next two years to the state to offset cuts in the Medicaid budget, according to a report by the Idaho Statesman.
A Texas jury found that Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare did not violate antitrust laws in regard to a suit brought forth by six physician-owners of the now defunct Town & Country Hospital, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
After a three-week trial, a Detroit federal jury convicted Jose Castro-Ramirez, MD on 13 counts in connection with an $18.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the OIG's office.
Republican leaders of the Tennessee legislature would approve the Tennessee Hospital Association's plan to tax hospitals to boost federal Medicaid payments, but only if it is not called a tax, according to a report by the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
A new draft of the proposed Georgia budget for fiscal year includes a 10.25 percent cut in Medicaid reimbursements for hospitals, which would cost hospitals as much as $144 million, and calls for the elimination of non-profit hospitals' sales tax…