Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has agreed to pay the federal government $75 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by providing funds to county governments that were used to fund Medicaid payments to hospitals, according to…
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Legislation that would have repealed the health insurance exchange in Colorado has died in the Colorado House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee, according to The Denver Post.
More than three-fourths of neurosurgeons practice some form of defensive medicine out of fear of malpractice lawsuits, according to an article in the February issue of Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Under a new bill in California, introduced by Sen. Richard Pan, MD, (D-Sacramento), hospitals would be required to treat severely intoxicated patients in the ER before having them arrested, according to a San Jose Mercury News report.
From Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica's merger deal appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to what lies next for Boston-based Partners HealthCare now that its settlement deal has been rejected, there are five major antitrust cases healthcare executives should keep their eyes…
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The following is a roundup of recently reported healthcare industry lawsuits and lawsuit updates, starting with the most recent.
House Republicans' first vote in February will be on legislation that would completely repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the vote will mark the 60th time the House has voted to repeal the health reform law, according…
The United States Department of Justice announced in November 2014 that it had recovered a record $5.69 billion under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) in fiscal year 2014. The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) also pointed out that since January…
Some of the healthcare industry's major groups and systems have submitted friend-of-the-court briefs 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 Obama administration has filed court documents claiming the lawsuit filed by House Republicans challenging the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains "incoherent" legal theory and should be thrown out, according to The Wall Street Journal.