HHS' Office of the Inspector General has released the results of a study that found electrodiagnostic testing is an area vulnerable to "fraud, waste and abuse."
Legal & Regulatory Issues
The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma in Durant, and its parent company, Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates, have agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations the hospital billed the Oklahoma Medicaid program for surgical procedures that were not medically…
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Bureau of Health Professions has released a new report that shows there were 954 disciplinary actions taken against medical professionals in Michigan in fiscal year 2013, which is a new all-time high…
St. Clairsville, Ohio-based Belmont Cardiology and its president, Devender Batra, MD, have agreed to pay $1 million for their involvement in EastOhioRegionalHospital in St. Martins Ferry and Wheeling, W. Va.-based Ohio Valley Medical Center submitting false claims for prohibited referrals…
The U.S. Appeals Court for the Washington, D.C., circuit has barred a whistle-blower, who won nearly $20 million in a lawsuit against Verizon, from bringing a second lawsuit with similar facts and allegations.
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The American Hospital Association has submitted comments to CMS suggesting changes to be made to the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model and the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
The Connecticut Attorney General has released a report asking lawmakers in the state to propose bills to address residents' concerns with facility fees they are being charged by physician practices owned by hospitals.
The Northern District of Illinois has ordered a medical practice to disclose the names and contact information for 25 of its patients in response to a retaliatory discharge case brought by former employees of the practice, according to a National…
HHS' Office of the Inspector General has released the results from its onsite review of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that revealed the unit did not meet all of its performance standards by failing to transmit all of its…
Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) have urged the Census Bureau to continue asking old health insurance questions in addition to planned new questions in its annual survey for two more years.