A federal judge has denied an emergency request by Montgomery, Ala.-based Jackson Hospital, which filed for bankruptcy in February, to force Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama to raise its reimbursement rates to match area hospital Baptist Medical Center South. …
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A federal judge has denied The Leapfrog Group’s attempt to reverse a ruling that found its hospital safety grades violated Florida consumer protection law, and separately put a $10.5 million fee dispute on hold, pending appeal. On June 17, U.S.…
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against New York officials and the company Public Partnerships LLC June 16 over alleged fraud involving Medicaid funds for a $10 billion home care program. PPL is responsible for managing caregivers in the Consumer Directed Personal…
Luigi Mangione plans to mount a psychiatric defense at his New York state murder trial in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the judge presiding over the case said during a June 17 hearing, according to NBC News. Manhattan…
Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has sued Oregon Public Broadcasting to block a Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office order requiring the release of records related to former OHSU Health CEO Tarek Salaway’s termination, according to a June 16 court…
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Columbus, Ohio-based OhioHealth reached an agreement June 16 with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Ohio Attorney General to end a civil antitrust lawsuit that alleged the health system used anticompetitive contract provisions to drive up healthcare costs for…
On June 12, a Maryland federal judge vacated parts of CMS’ rule designed to govern marketplace integrity and affordability. The excised provisions include the $5 premium penalty on automatic re-enrollees, revocations of guaranteed insurance for people with past-due premiums, eligibility verification for…
A former nursing school operator in Florida pleaded guilty June 15 to selling approximately 2,600 fake degrees as part of a broader, yearslong scheme that the Justice Department said resulted in 7,500 to 15,000 falsified diplomas. Carleen Noreus operated two…
A lawsuit filed on behalf of the man accused of fatally shooting a DCH Health System nurse alleges the Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based system failed to provide emergency psychiatric care before the attack, a claim DCH disputes, saying the man never entered…
A North Carolina Senate committee endorsed a bill June 11 that would cap hospital CEO pay but removed a provision that could have affected a proposed health system combination. The North Carolina Senate Health Care Committee, chaired by Sen. Jim…