The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposal that would permit companies to report financial results semiannually instead of quarterly, The Wall Street Journal reported March 16.  Five things to know:  1. The SEC’s proposal could be released as…

After a federal judge ordered The Leapfrog Group to remove safety grades it assigned to five Florida hospitals, Leapfrog told Becker’s March 16 it has pulled several grades for U.S. hospitals that have not recently participated in its surveys.  The…

Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare is seeking a temporary injunction to remove a former patient who has remained in an inpatient room for about five months since being discharged, the Tallahassee Democrat reported March 15. The complaint, filed March 2 in…

A federal magistrate judge in Minnesota has ordered UnitedHealth Group to produce a wide range of documents in an ongoing lawsuit accusing the insurer of using an AI algorithm to wrongfully deny Medicare Advantage members post-acute care. The March 9…

As lawmakers intensify scrutiny of the insurance industry, healthcare providers are watching closely. During a recent Becker’s Healthcare podcast sponsored by HaloMD, Patrick Velliky, chief external affairs officer at HaloMD and a longtime healthcare policy advocate, unpacked the implications of…

Aetna has agreed to pay $117.7 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting or failing to withdraw inaccurate diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage enrollees in order to increase payments from CMS. The settlement…

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System must defend against a pair of False Claims Act lawsuits after a federal judge denied the system’s dismissal bids. Former CFO J. Britton Tabor and former Chief Compliance Officer Alana Sullivan filed a whistleblower complaint…

Two leaders at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University are stepping down amid systemwide changes following a gynecologist’s sexual abuse of patients, according to a letter from Columbia’s office of the president. Mary D’Alton, MD, is stepping down as chair of the…

Port Townsend, Wash.-based Jefferson Healthcare has settled a lawsuit that claimed the hospital and its leadership violated the state’s open public meetings law, the hospital’s CEO said in a March 10 statement shared with Becker’s. Here are five things to…

Idaho Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill to repeal Medicaid expansion, the Idaho Capital Sun reported March 9.  Four things to know:  1. The proposed legislation would repeal Medicaid expansion on Jan. 1, 2028, removing about 90,000 Idaho residents…