Health insurer Aetna did not have authorization from the North Carolina Department of Insurance when it sold policies to an estimated several hundred residents in the state, according to The News & Observer.
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From Los Altos, Calif.-based Daughters of Charity Health System suing Service Employees International Union over a hospital deal to Aetna hitting a Texas hospital with a $120 million kickback lawsuit, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the Federal Trade Commission's attempt to expedite Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System's divestiture of Saltzer Medical Group in Nampa, Idaho, despite the court's earlier ruling that the acquisition of the medical…
The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments Wednesday in King v. Burwell, the case that will determine whether people in all states will receive health insurance subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division recently held a workshop on trends in healthcare payment models and their effects on competition, according to a report published in JD Supra Business Advisor.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in King v. Burwell this morning. The case could decide the fate of a major portion of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act: the subsidies approximately 7 million middle-income people across more than…
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT Competition and healthcare reform demand that new relationships among providers be created to secure the future financial health of many healthcare institutions. It is crucial that all arrangements among…
Charles Denham, MD, the former chair of the Safe Practices Committee of the National Quality Forum, has agreed to pay the federal government $1 million to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by soliciting and accepting kickbacks,…
In response to ABC filming the death of a man in the ER of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for its reality show NY Med, State Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) has proposed legislation that would make it a felony to film patients receiving…
The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) will be holding its annual Healthcare Leadership Advocacy Day on Wednesday, March 4th.