Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center has agreed to pay the federal government $18.8 million for its alleged violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, according to the Department of Justice.
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A majority of the American public wants the Supreme Court to protect the subsidies that allow millions of people to pay for their health insurance, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Monday, The Hill reported.
CarePoint Health CEO Dennis Kelly has proposed an alternative to the out-of-network reform bill several top Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey introduced Thursday.
A Pennsylvania court has ruled that health insurer Highmark was not permitted to pass along reimbursement reductions imposed by Congress' budget sequestration under Medicare Advantage contracts, according to a Law360 report.
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President Barack Obama's administration now requires insurers to cover IUDs, the contraceptive patch and other birth control with no of out-of-pocket charge to consumers, according to The Washington Post.
Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle is joining the widow of a man who contracted a fatal infection from a scope in a lawsuit against medical scope manufacturer Olympus America, according to a report from The Seattle Times.
Legislation to increase Medicare-supported residency slots in teaching hospitals was introduced this week by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Harry Reid (D-NV) in the U.S. Senate, and by Representatives Joe Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx) and Charles Boustany (R-LA) in…
Hospira Worldwide, a medical supply company based in Lake Forest, Ill., has filed a lawsuit against Dunn, N.C.-based Harnett Health System, claiming the health system failed to pay for more than $123,000 in medical supplies, according to Triangle Business Journal.
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine examined 124 medical malpractice cases at an academic medical center in Texas and found 88.7 percent of the cases included nondisclosure agreements.