The transition to ICD-10 may prove detrimental to pediatricians as many of the ICD-9 codes they use most do not map cleanly onto ICD-10 codes, according to a study in Pediatrics.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed a bill allowing Connecticut's nonprofit hospitals to convert to for-profit entities into law Tuesday.
The following is a roundup of lawsuit updates, court holdings and settlements that involve the healthcare industry.
An administrative law judge has delayed trial in the case the Federal Trade Commission brought against Atlanta-based LabMD concerning a data breach.
Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) has announced he wants to file a lawsuit against Redwood City, Calif.-based Oracle, a computer technology company and contractor for the state's failed health insurance exchange site, according to a Spokesman-Review report.
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During an ICD-10 testing week in March, CMS accepted 89 percent of the more than 127,000 test ICD-10 claims sent to the agency's Medicare fee-for-service system. All testers received an acknowledgement of the status of their claims, and no issues…
A new bill has been proposed that would help ensure poor performing physicians at Veterans Affairs hospitals would not receive performance bonuses.
A complaint has been filed with HHS' Office for Civil Rights against four insurers alleging the companies discriminated against people with HIV or AIDS by requiring them to pay high costs for their medications, according to a report in The…
The New York Supreme Court has held employees do not have to identify any specific law, regulation or rule allegedly violated by their employers in filing a retaliation claim under New York's whistle-blower statute, according to a National Law Review…
The Washington Supreme Court has handed down a major decision that creates challenges for hospital-defendants in medical malpractice cases.