The Federal Trade Commission is sharpening its focus on healthcare under the Trump administration, signaling increased scrutiny of hospital consolidation, certificate-of-need laws and other policies the agency has said may limit competition and drive up costs. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson…

The Trump administration has finalized an overhaul of the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process, establishing a centralized disputes gateway, creating a new federal payer registry, and reducing administrative fees. The final rule, issued jointly by HHS, the Labor…

In a lawsuit filed May 25, Sunil Hingorani, MD, PhD, director of Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence, accused UNMC and Nebraska Medicine of racial discrimination and retaliation. Here are five things to know regarding…

The American Hospital Association has urged the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department to exempt hospital mergers from proposed changes to premerger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act. In a May 26 letter to the federal regulators, the…

The Justice Department charged 15 people in Minnesota in connection with alleged fraud schemes involving more than $90 million. According to a May 21 news release from the department, the action included two of the largest Medicaid fraud cases charged…

A federal judge has sided with the Justice Department in its bid to depose a former senior executive at Elevance Health over allegations that the insurer submitted fraudulent Medicare Advantage claims to the government. On May 20, the judge ordered…

HHS has unveiled a department-wide initiative to pursue states and grantees that have repeatedly failed to address deficiencies flagged in federally required audits, with consequences that could include losing access to federal funding across programs that include Medicaid. The initiative,…

Three health systems have filed federal lawsuits against CVS Health, alleging the company and several affiliates improperly diverted about $250 million in savings generated through the 340B drug pricing program. The health systems include New York City-based Mount Sinai Health…

Department of Veterans Affairs staff did not detect a prohibited weapon that undercover Government Accountability Office investigators brought into any of 30 tested VA medical facilities — including two with metal detectors — according to a GAO report publicly released…

A new report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights reviews the civil rights foundation for language access, including federal laws, healthcare and education requirements, state and local policies, and the practical need for language services. The report, Language Access…