Madison, N.J.-based Quest Diagnostics, an international provider of clinical and laboratory services, has paid the federal government $1.79 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare, U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner said Tuesday, according to the Sacramento Business…
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Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Tuesday asked a federal court to block the state of Louisiana from halting funding through Medicaid after the release of videos on fetal tissue research, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Republican presidential candidates have each committed to repeal the Affordable Care Act. However, the differences in their plans may not influence the outcomes of the primary elections, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Financially ailing Saint Michael's Medical Center of Newark, N.J., and Orange, N.J.-based Barnabas Health reached a truce by the end of the former's bankruptcy hearing Aug. 24, according an NJ.com report.
As the Affordable Care Act pushes health providers towards the Value-Based Care system, hospitals are quickly trying to adjust to remain competitive and profitable.
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House Republican leaders have set their sights on a package of healthcare bills this fall that aim to dismantle some of the most controversial taxes under the Affordable Care Act, according to The Hill.
Approximately 97 percent of the markets of insurance companies offering private Medicare Advantage plans in 2012 were "highly concentrated," according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund.
Kingston, N.Y.-based Benedictine Hospital, Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y., and Yonkers, N.Y.-based St. Joseph's Medical Center as well as St. Louis-based SpecialCare Hospital Management Corporation and its CEO have agreed to pay more than $8 million to resolve claims…
From a former hospital director being sentenced to nine years in prison to the owner of three California medical clinics admitting he paid kickbacks to patient recruiters, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.
Minneapolis-based payer UCare plans to sue Lucinda Jesson, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, because it claims the state "arbitrarily" cut its contracts for 370,000 Minnesotans, according to the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal.