An emergency room nurse filed a lawsuit against Phoenix-based Valleywise Health Feb. 5, alleging the health system's ban on employee medical marijuana use is discriminatory and violates state law, reports the Phoenix New Times.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Feb. 3 calls for more transparency and accountability in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, the arm of CMS that creates payment models like ACOs and bundles.
The Supreme Court will discuss the current challenge to the ACA at its Feb. 21 private conference, Bloomberg News reports.
CMS published a proposed rule Feb. 5 that seeks to lower drug costs for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, boost payments for the plans and rework Star Ratings, among other proposals.
Reinaldo Wilson and Jean Wilson, the owners of telemedicine companies Advantage Choice Care and Tele Medcare, were charged in an indictment unsealed Feb. 4 for allegedly spearheading a $56 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
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The Kentucky Hospital Association wants to join a lawsuit protecting the state's certificate of need law, according to court documents obtained by Bloomberg Law.
Wheat Ridge, Colo-based Jefferson Center began notifying patients Jan. 30 that their information may have been accessed when someone broke into the mental health and substance abuse provider.
A complaint filed Jan. 31 accuses Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First, one of its executives and an advertising firm of defaming board members of Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, Fla.
John Agbi, MD, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Jan. 31 for his role in a $40 million Medicare scheme, according to The Palm Beach Post.
A jury convicted a physician and former owner of the Virginia Vein Institute in Blacksburg of multiple federal offenses, including illegally distributing controlled substances, healthcare fraud and obstruction of justice, the Department of Justice said Jan. 30.