Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare's hiring of eight University of Louisville neurosurgeons could result in legal action, according to a report in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The reported national average fee-for-service growth rate for Medicare Advantage plans in 2010 has raised concerns that the fiscal year 2010 inpatient prospective payment system update could be very small, according a news release from the American Hospital Association.
A Colorado bill proposing a single-payor healthcare system was dropped by its sponsor, Rep. John Kefalas (D-Fort Collins), according to a report in the Denver Business Journal.
A federal judge has sentenced Robert Urciuoli, former president of Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I., to three years in prison for paying former state senator John Celona for legislative influence, according to a report in The Providence Journal.
Fifty-seven anesthesiologists have filed a lawsuit against Seven Hills Surgery Center in Henderson, Nev., alleging that the surgery center violated their contracts by revoking their privileges when it hired Valley Anesthesiology Consultants to provide anesthesiology services for the center, according…
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Health Net of the Northeast has been ordered by the state of Connecticut to pay $1.3 million in fines and restitution for improperly denying or underpaying claims, according to a report in the Hartford Courant.
By the beginning of 2010, U.S. hospitals and other healthcare providers will face something their colleagues in California, Florida and New York slogged through for three years, a new force in regulatory oversight called Recovery Audit Contractors.
The Stark law prohibits physicians from ordering designated health services for Medicare patients from entities with which the physician, or a family member, has a financial relationship unless an exception applies. This article reviews 11 key concepts under the Stark…
James Durham, MD, of Benton, Ill., pleaded guilty to charges that he overcharged Medicare and Medicaid for services, according to a report by the Southern Illinoisan.
A Superior Court ruled that Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield cannot end its contracts with St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind., according to a report in the Indianapolis Star.