Currently, health insurers' Medicare physician directories that inaccurately include non-Medicare providers are merely an inconvenience for consumers. However, beginning in 2016, insurers can incur costly fines for such mistakes, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
A former nurse at Forest Park Medical Center's hospital in Dallas has filed a lawsuit against the hospital seeking unpaid wages, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.
A provision under a broader healthcare bill in Connecticut mandates institutions that bill patients for a facility fee to clearly explain the charges, effective Jan. 1, according to The Register Citizen.
Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial Health, the parent corporation of Memorial Health University Medical Center, Provident Health Services, and Memorial Health University Physicians, has inked a $9.8 million settlement to resolve False Claims Act and Stark Law allegations, according to the Department…
Harold Persaud, MD, a cardiologist in Westlake, Ohio, received a 20-year sentence this month for performing unnecessary procedures as part of a scheme to overbill Medicare and private insurers. Dr. Persaud is now claiming the Affordable Care Act is responsible…
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Aria Health has inked a $3 million agreement with the federal government after the Philadelphia-based health system self-disclosed it violated the False Claims Act and Stark Law, according to the Department of Justice.
The bitter legal battle over the unexpected closure of Yadkin Valley Hospital in Yadkinville, N.C., is heating up.
A proposed merger between Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem has been put on hold after the two hospital chains and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to a temporary restraining order to stop the…
Seven weeks after Erie County Medical Center's board of directors unanimously voted to remove Richard Cleland as CEO, the Buffalo, N.Y.-based hospital has agreed to pay him $1.2 million, according to The Buffalo News.
The president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System called for an independent investigation into allegations of improper spending at the system and free Botox injections for hospital executives, according to Cleveland.com.