Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will pay a fine and refund $1.3 million to disabled Colorado members after overcharging them for supplemental Medicare policies, the Colorado Division of Insurance ordered July 3.
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Millcreek Community Hospital in Erie, Pa., has agreed to pay $2.45 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations, according to the Department of Justice.
The Texas Supreme Court will decide in November if Arlington-based Texas Health Resources was negligent when two of its nurses were infected with Ebola on the job, according to CBS Dallas/Forth Worth.
A former employee's allegations that Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health illegally refused to admit certain juvenile psychiatric patients has prompted probes by regulatory agencies, according to The News & Advance.
America's Health Insurance Plan's CEO spoke about how the industry trade group is pushing for more incremental changes rather than a "Medicare for All" policy that would eliminate private insurers in an interview with The Hill.
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CMS released multiple resources for states seeking to bypass some aspects of the ACA via 1332 waivers.
Some state aren't properly screening Medicaid providers who are at high risk for fraud, waste and abuse, according to a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General.
A rope resembling a noose that was left on a shared desk at Michigan Medicine's University Hospital in Ann Arbor June 20 was not the result of a hate crime but a practice fishing knot, police investigators found, according to…
CMS has issued a new proposal to cover acupuncture for Medicare patients with chronic low back pain in clinical trials supported by the National Institutes of Health or CMS-approved studies.
In the past three years, health insurers overcharged Medicare by almost $30 billion. Despite lengthy delays, federal officials are moving forward with plans to recoup some of the funds, according to NPR.