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…
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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:
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A new report from the Government Accountability Office found tens of thousands of Medicaid beneficiaries and providers involved in potential fraudulent purchases of controlled substances, abusive purchases of controlled substances or both in five states — California, Illinois, New York,…
Over the last few years, there have been three interesting antitrust cases involving physician-owned hospitals. From a physician-owned hospital perspective, the outcome of the cases were an outright win, a settlement and a loss. A brief discussion of each is…
A proposal for an association of doctors to set up a network to advertise services and provide referrals would not incur prosecution under the Medicare anti-kickback statute, according to an advisory opinion of the Office of the Inspector General of…
Sixty Massachusetts physicians received more than $500,000 combined in speaker's fees from Eli Lilly & Co., and as a result, Boston Medical Center is reviewing the participation of two of its physicians as possible violations of hospital policy, according to…
A new study from the RAND Corp. outlines methods that could be used to test a payment system in which physicians, hospitals and healthcare providers would be paid a set fee for treating an "episode of care," a single ailment…