Seventeen New Jersey hospitals will file an appeal challenging Gov. Chris Christie's (R) administration's approval of a new set of discounted health plans by the state's largest health insurer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, according to NJ.com.
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On the morning of Sept. 17, Richfield, Utah-based Sevier Valley Medical Center received a bomb threat and subsequently evacuated as many occupants possible and went into lockdown, according to a KSL news report.
Although the plan was met with criticism from a competitor, Illinois regulators voted Nov. 17 to approve plans to build a fourth hospital in the city of Rockford, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The closure of insurance co-op Health Republic of New York has hospitals and physicians concerned about the millions of dollars they're owed, according to Syracuse.com.
A suburban Detroit physician was sentenced to seven years in prison for writing roughly 80,000 unlawful prescriptions without medical justification, which were sold to street dealers, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Two Massachusetts physicians agreed to pay a total of $445,720 for allegedly charging opiate addiction treatment patients cash for services that were already covered by Medicaid, according to state Attorney General Maura Healy.
From Blue Shield of California suing an ex-executive over confidential company information to the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to review the Affordable Care Act contraception compromise, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
The American Medical Association has asked the Department of Justice to block Aetna's proposed acquisition of Humana and Anthem's proposed acquisition of Cigna.
Democratic lawmakers are discussing proposing changes to the hotly disputed Cadillac tax, a 40 percent nondeductible excise tax created under the Affordable Care Act on higher-cost employer-sponsored health plans, according to Reuters.
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Frank Ciuffani Monday ordered Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey provide information on why it did not include New Brunswick, N.J.-based St. Peter's University Hospital in its preferred network, according to NJ.com.