The Federal Trade Commission has requested 60 additional days to decide whether to finalize its 2013 antitrust settlement with Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Health System, according to a Georgia Public Broadcasting report.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
CMS, which has been mostly silent following the passage of the ICD-10 delay earlier this month, has posted a notice on its website indicating official guidance is forthcoming, though does not offer a timeframe.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina has decided the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control must continue to implement and enforce the state's certificate of need program despite the governor's veto of all funding for the program this…
A recent study by the RAND Institute of Civil Justice and RAND Health has ranked physician specialties based on medical malpractice risk involved.
The following legislative developments affecting physicians were reported within the last 30 days, beginning with the most recent. 1. Penalties for Medicaid Fraud Enhanced in KansasThe Kansas Senate and House of Representatives passed Kansas Senate Bill 271, which increases the criminal…
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Hope Cancer Institute based in Kansas City and Raj Sadasivan, MD, the owner of the cancer institute, have agreed to pay $2.9 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare, Medicaid and the…
A new study released by the RAND Corporation has found the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will increase the number of medical malpractice cases.
Massachusetts has banned physicians from prescribing Zohydro ER, a prescription painkiller containing nothing but hydrocodone, despite the fact the drug has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In a survey conducted just before Congress voted to delay the ICD-10 transition, more than half of the 1,300 respondents to a NueMD survey said the transition should either be delayed or it shouldn't happen at all.
Parallel proceedings — a term for simultaneous criminal, civil and administrative investigations — are a widespread government practice that are now occurring with greater frequency in healthcare fraud investigations, according to a Jones Day report