Here is a summary of specific changes to the Senate health reform bill, as found in the 383-page Manager's Amendment that was added to the bill just before Senate began voting on it.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
While the American Hospital Association supports passage of the Senate health reform bill that is now being voted on, the AHA has some reservations too, according to a report by AHA News Now.
The Senate Democrats' health reform bill has passed the first of three votes needed for final approval of the legislation, with the final vote expected on Christmas Eve, according to a report by the New York Times.
An extension on the deadline from Feb. 1, 2010, to Aug. 1, 2010, for a proposed ban on physician-owned hospitals was included in "Manager's Amendment" to the Senate health reform bill just before it went to a vote, according to…
Ehigiator O. Akhigbe, MD, of Silver Spring, Md., was convicted on charges he overcharged the Washington, D.C., Medicaid program $133,000 for office visits and surgeries he never performed, according to a report in the Washington Post.
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Terrence Hicks of Jackson, Mich., and Muhammed Al Mahdi and John Saunders, both of Detroit, pleaded guilty for their roles in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) has introduced an amendment to the Senate's healthcare reform bill that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a report by the Denver Business Journal.
As the Senate debates on a proposed ban on physician-owned hospitals comes down to the wire, the Physician Hospitals of America has switched to a more focused campaign that seeks to push back the ban to 2014 and soften restrictions…
The Illinois Supreme Court has delayed its ruling on a case regarding the constitutionality of a medical malpractice damages cap, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
Three New York City home health agencies have agreed to pay a total of $24 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to the New York Medicaid and Medicare programs, according to a news release by the U.S.…