CMS's Open Payments website has finally launched for the public, in accordance with the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, despite months of questions, criticisms, objections and several occasions of being taken offline.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
This week, a committee of South Carolina lawmakers has been charged with the task of evaluating the certificate of need program and the fate of the projects begun during the program's hiatus that would have required a CON to go…
Vicha Janviriya, MD, of Southfield, Mich., who made fraudulent referrals for home healthcare as part of a $1.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to the Department of Justice.
North Shore-LIJ Health System has launched HealthForce, a new business unit that will provide ICD-10 coding services to other healthcare providers.
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has vetoed a bill that would have limited the ability of the state of California to seize assets from the estates of Medi-Cal recipients after their deaths, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
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Caremark LLC, a pharmacy benefit management company that is operated by CVS Caremark Corporation, has agreed to pay the government $6 million to settle allegations it knowingly failed to reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs paid on behalf of beneficiaries…
The following is a roundup of recently introduced legislation and legislative developments affecting the healthcare industry.
Wayne, Pa.-based Shire Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $56.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the federal False Claims Act by promoting Adderall XR for uses that were not supported by clinical data and for overstating the effectiveness of the…
Health facilities take note: a recent California court decision could expose hospitals, health systems and other facilities to the risk of a jury trial if accused of retaliating against employees, healthcare workers or members of the medical staff for complaining…
Health insurer Highmark and its subsidiary Keystone Health Plan West have been sued by several hospitals in Pennsylvania over reimbursements for Medicare Advantage patients, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.