Legal & Regulatory Issues

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The following is a roundup of legislative developments affecting the healthcare industry that have been reported in the last two weeks.

A Thurston County Superior Court Judge has invalidated changes the Washington Department of Health made to the state's certificate of need law, according to the Washington State Hospital Association.

The House has unanimously passed legislation that allows veterans to receive care from private medical providers outside of Veterans Affairs facilities, according The Washington Times.

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System is denying accusations made by Saint Alphonsus Health System in Boise that it has been navigating patients away from Saint Alphonsus.

HHS will allow some states to delay implementing "employee choice" in their Small Business Health Options Programs until 2016.

A recently released Department of Veterans Affairs' nation-wide audit provides insight into the controversial wait times being investigated at VA facilities across the country.

One year before Vincent A. DeGennaro, MD, was appointed senior executive physician for the Miami VA Healthcare System, a disciplinary finding caused Dr. DeGenarro to surrender his New York medical license, according to a Miami Herald report.

A federal court has required a defendant named in a False Claims Act lawsuit to produce attorney-generated information to the whistle-blower who filed the claim, according to a National Law Review report.

Senators have agreed on bipartisan legislation aimed at solving the problems plaguing the Department of Veterans Affairs and its hospitals across the country, according to a Wall Street Journal report.