Biomedical Research Foundation, the current manager of University Health in Shreveport, La., has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport.
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California officials have found health insurance giant Aetna's premium increases on small businesses unreasonable for the fourth time since 2013, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Here are 12 things to know about the case involving Sumter, S.C.-based Tuomey Healthcare System, which recently lost its appeal and faces an order to pay approximately $237 million in fines after a federal jury found the system violated Stark…
You can't put a price on a good night's sleep. At least that's what one man in Florida may have been thinking on the muggy, 91-degree afternoon of July 5.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has held that a rule devised by the Obama administration allowing nonprofit religious organizations to opt out of the Affordable Care Act's requirement to provide contraceptive coverage does not impose a…
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Regional Hospital of Jackson (Tenn.) has agreed to pay the federal government $510,000 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for unnecessary cardiac procedures over an eight-year period, according to the Department of…
The recent ruling from the Supreme Court that declared same-sex couples are guaranteed the right to get married will likely affect workers whose employers offer domestic partner coverage, according to a recent Mercer report.
The Courage Campaign Institute recently launched an ad campaign against Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and claims the system prioritizes its reputation over the needs of its mental health patients. However, Kaiser firmly denies those allegations and says the ads are…
CMS' advanced analytics system, called the Fraud Prevention System, identified or prevented $820 million in inappropriate payments in the program's first three years, including $454 million in 2014 alone.
The former CFO of Morton (Wash.) General Hospital has filed a discrimination complaint with the Washington State Human Rights Commission and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the hospital alleging he was fired because he is gay, according to…