The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed Sissel v. Department of Health and Human Services, a case that included a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, according to The Hill.
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Downers Grove, Ill-based Advocate Health Care and Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem plan to join forces and create the largest health system in the state. However, that plan was put on hold in late 2015, when the Federal Trade Commission…
Three Baltimore police officers have been charged in an alleged assault on a juvenile that occurred at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, according to The Baltimore Sun.
Tri-City Medical Center, a 397-bed hospital in Oceanside, Calif., has agreed to pay the federal government more than $3.2 million to resolve allegations it violated Stark Law and the False Claims Act, according to the Department of Justice.
Springfield, Mo.-based Mercy Clinic's former medical director, Hyewon Kim, MD, has been awarded more than $1.5 million in damages after claiming she was dismissed from Mercy Clinic for voicing her concerns about two physicians, according to an OzarksFirst report.
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Planned Parenthood Thursday filed a federal lawsuit alleging anti-abortion activists engaged in a "complex criminal enterprise" to produce undercover videos and defraud the reproductive health organization over the past year.
In a Jan. 12 State of the State address, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) said the state will prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving funds through Medicaid, according to ABC News.
Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish said if Express Scripts — the nation's largest manager of prescription drug benefits — doesn't give Anthem more money in savings, the insurer might look for another pharmacy partner, according to Bloomberg.
The U.S. Department of Labor has closed its five-year investigation into Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System over allegations that its ownership of a health benefits company poses a conflict of interest, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.
Aiken (S.C.) Regional Medical Centers has responded to a recommendation by federal antitrust agencies that South Carolina repeal its certificate of need laws, according to the Aiken Standard.