The Healthcare Association of New York State has written a letter to the state's department of health on behalf of its member providers regarding concerns over proposed Certificate of Public Advantage regulations.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
CMS has released a managed care rate setting consultation guide for states to use to determine Medicaid managed care payments in calendar year 2015.
The following is a roundup of recently reported healthcare industry lawsuits, lawsuit updates and settlements, beginning with the most recent.
HHS' Office of the Inspector General has issued a proposed rule that would amend the safe harbors to the Anti-Kickback Statute and protect certain payment practices and business arrangements from prosecution and civil sanctions under the civil monetary penalty rules.
Criminal prosecutors in the Department of Justice Criminal Division's Fraud Section are now required to more actively investigate qui tam, or whistle-blower, complaints, filed under the False Claims Act, according to a National Law Review report.
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A federal judge has ruled that Novartis — a pharmaceutical company — must face a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice, which alleges the company paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to physicians to induce them to prescribe its…
According to a ruling handed down by the New Jersey Supreme Court, hospitals do not have to release records documenting an internal examination in medical malpractice cases, according to an NJ.com report.
A new report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says federal emergency care laws must be changed to reduce patient dumping, after reviewing patient dumping allegations and capacity problems in Las Vegas, according to a report from the…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may have ebbed as a midterm elections issue, but nearly 50,000 Americans losing their current health coverage in the coming weeks due to the health reform may swing some voters, according to a…
A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled it is unlawful for tax subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be provided to consumers who purchased insurance through a federal exchange, according to a report by The Wall…