The mountain of rules physicians, nurses and hospitals must follow in the U.S. consumes millions of hours and hundreds of billions of dollars annually — and reform is needed, cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar, MD, argues in an essay published in The…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
A federal judge granted Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's motion to dismiss a lawsuit that accused the health insurance company of improperly denying coverage for cancer treatment.
The voluntary waiving of COVID-19 treatment fees by insurers is slowly coming to an end, according to NBC News and Kaiser Health News.
An Ohio nephrologist was arrested and charged with assault following a dispute with another physician about patient care at St. Elizabeth Boardman (Ohio) Hospital, part of Mercy Health, local CBS affiliate WKBN reported April 23.
From South Carolina's largest urgent care network paying $22.5 million to resolve billing fraud allegations to a dermatology clinic being hit with a false claims lawsuit, here are 11 cases that made headlines since March 1.
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U.S. Justice Department prosecutors plan to retry a Florida healthcare executive who had his 20-year sentence commuted by former President Donald Trump last year, according to the Miami Herald.
Four executives at a hospital management company based in Texas were sentenced for their roles in a $189 million healthcare fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said April 23.
From University of Virginia Health dropping thousand of lawsuits against patients to Kaiser Permanente settling a discrimination case, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
A federal judge in Florida has dismissed two lawsuits filed against Health First, an integrated health system based in Rockledge, Fla.
Stomping out fraud in telehealth and ensuring nursing home resident safety are among the top 10 compliance priorities for the HHS' Office of the Inspector General in the coming year.