Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals is facing 15 lawsuits and is the subject of a federal investigation over improper interventional cardiology procedures, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the hospital operator.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
While ICD-10 has been coming for over 20 years and CMS has kept pushing back the release date, Healthcare Resources Group's "Keep Coding Blog" encourages coders to get their career on track for the next phase.
The following is a roundup of recently introduced legislation and legislative developments affecting the healthcare industry.
Two federal lawsuits have been filed on behalf of former Epic workers alleging the Verona, Wis.-based company owes them overtime pay, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has filed a friend-of-the-court brief 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.
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Affinity Medical Center in Massillon, Ohio, which is operated by Franklin Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, must pay a nurse that it fired more than two years ago more than $2 million for defamation and punitive damages.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a federal judge's ruling that Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System violated antitrust laws when it acquired Saltzer Medical Group in Nampa, Idaho.
Medtronic, a medical device manufacturer based in Minneapolis, has paid the federal government $2.8 million to resolve allegations it caused certain physicians to submit false claims to federal healthcare programs, according to the Department of Justice.
Despite some estimates predicting ICD-10 implementation costs in small practices will be upwards of tens of thousands of dollars, a new whitepaper asserts implementation costs in small practices will not average more than $8,167.
The Government Accountability Office has spoken: CMS is prepared to transition to ICD-10 this coming Oct. 1.