U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mike Nakagawa lifted a hold that could possibly delay the first three trials regarding the Nevada hepatitis C outbreak that involved the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas and its sister clinics, according to a…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced HR 3556, which would provide a mechanism for healthcare providers and suppliers to disclose actual and potential violations of the physician self-referral law, according to a release form Rep. McDermott's office.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has unveiled an $856 billion healthcare reform bill that would eliminate the controversial public insurance option in the House Democrats' bill.
Tom Priselac, chairman of the American Hospital Association, testified before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and commended some of the provisions in the HR 3200, the House healthcare reform bill, according to an AHA news release.
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that most physicians support a public option for healthcare reform.
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Franklin Beltre, DPM, of Houston was arrested on charges he defrauded Medicare and Medicaid at his clinic in San Juan, Texas, according to a report in The Monitor.
John Carroll, a former vice president of construction and facilities for Cleveland, Ohio-based MetroHealth System, has pleaded guilty to accepting more than $600,000 in bribes for "inflated" hospital construction contracts, according to a report by the Plain Dealer.
Hudson, Fla., Spine Surgeon Alfred Bonati, MD, founded the American Society of Medical Doctors in July, with money out of his own pocket. Since then, the Washington, D.C.-based organization has been busy sponsoring surveys of physician opinion, publishing white papers…
Inova Health System accused HCA of trying to "tie up" bed space at its proposed hospital in Loudoun County, Va., until the corporation decides where to deploy the bed space, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Arthur Kissel, also know as Arthur Froom, pleaded guilty to health insurance fraud, 11 years after he and his wife, Sonia LaFontaine, were indicted on charges to commit mail fraud, healthcare fraud and mail fraud, according to a report in…