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…
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The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) will be holding its annual Healthcare Leadership Advocacy Day on Wednesday, March 4th.
Russell W. Sullivan, currently a senior advisor to McGuireWoods Consulting and former chief of staff to Senator Max Baucus (Mont.-D.), was closely involved in the drafting of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In a special webinar on March…
A woman in Maryland has been sentenced to three years in prison for impersonating a physician assistant and treating and diagnosing 137 infants and children, according to the Department of Justice.
At some point, practically all healthcare providers will find themselves in a reimbursement dispute.
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Nina Pham, the 26-year-old nurse who contracted Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas in October 2014, plans to file a lawsuit alleging the hospital violated her privacy and failed to properly train staff to care for patients with…
Three in 10 physicians said they have been a defendant in a lawsuit, and four in 10 said they've been threatened with legal action regarding their care, according to Physicians Practice's 2014 Great American Physician Survey.
UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, is changing its coverage guidelines for hysterectomies, according to a bulletin sent to physicians and hospitals.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings is facing a lawsuit alleging the for-profit hospital operator subjected patients to medically unnecessary interventional cardiology services and then submitted false claims to government payers for reimbursement, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by…
Legislation has been introduced that would limit the monetary penalty a healthcare provider can suffer for committing a technical violation of the Stark Law.