Health insurers aren't required to cover COVID-19 tests that are a part of workplace safety or surveillance programs, according to an updated CMS factsheet.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court June 25 to strike down the ACA, telling the court that the entire healthcare law "must fall."
The former CFO of United Surgical Partners International, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, sued his ex-employer in federal court June 24, alleging retaliation for raising concerns about potential securities law violations.
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare will pay $16 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing at a more expensive inpatient rate for patients who could have received outpatient care, the U.S. Justice Department said June 25.
Augusta (Ga.) University Medical Center has agreed to pay $2.6 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
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A pediatric medical practice in Florida violated federal law by retaliating against a nurse who reported a physician for harassment, according to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit.
The Department of Justice issued a final rule June 19 that raises the civil penalties in False Claims Act actions, according to Lexology.
The following hospital lawsuits were reported since June 1, beginning with the most recent.
A coalition of LGBTQ groups and clinics filed a lawsuit June 22 to block an HHS rule that would roll back protections for transgender patients, according to NPR.
The former director of security for a Georgia hospital has pleaded guilty to fraudulently using hospital funds to acquire guns that he then sold for profit, according to the Department of Justice.