Republican legislators gave clear indication Wednesday of their goal to take down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if the Supreme Court sides with the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell, and HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell responded by saying…
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A former supervisor in the claims department at Pittsburgh-based UPMC has been indicted for healthcare fraud for allegedly submitting 156 false statements on the UPMC system, according to the Department of Justice.
President Barack Obama condemned opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Tuesday during a speech to the Catholic Health Association, calling them a "cynical" group aimed at depriving Americans of the monetary assistance that has become essential to…
HHS' Office of the Inspector General issued a fraud alert addressing physician compensation arrangements on Tuesday that outlined the consequences physicians could face for accepting kickbacks disguised as medical directorships.
Earnest Gibson III, the former president of Riverside General Hospital in Houston, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $46.8 million in restitution for his role in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme, according…
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The verdict on Supreme Court case King v. Burwell is expected by the end of June. The case will determine the legality of a fundamental aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and a ruling in favor of…
A former nurse at Mercy Springfield (Mo.) has sued the health system and is claiming she was fired for reporting a concern about inadequate staffing and infection control, according to a Springfield News-Leader report.
Four of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's hospitals in metro Atlanta are involved in a criminal investigation, according to an Atlanta Business Chronicle report.
In response to a question from a reporter following the G7 Summit in Krun, Germany, President Barack Obama explained why his administration has not bothered with a contingency plan in preparation for a potential ruling in favor of the plaintiffs…
The Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on King v. Burwell. If the judges rule in favor of King, who is challenging the legality of health insurance subsidies provided to low- and middle-income people through the federal HealthCare.gov…