House lawmakers have introduced a bill that would both delay steep pay cuts for physicians under Medicare's sustainable growth rate and push the transition to ICD-10 by one year, to October 2015.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
A pediatrician with two offices in New York has admitted he accepted bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running fraud scheme operated by Parsippany, N.J.-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services.
Consumer Watchdog and bereaved parents who lost two children to medical negligence have turned in 840,000 signatures to get an initiative on California's November ballot that would raise the $250,000 state cap on noneconomic damages to more than $1 million.
A conference committee has been formed to attempt to resolve differences between the Kansas Senate and House regarding a bill that would incrementally increase the cap on noneconomic damages awarded in medical malpractice cases.
A Long Island, N.Y., physician has been arrested on charges that he submitted millions of dollars in false billings to Medicare.
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People who attempted to sign up for health plans through the federal exchange but couldn't because of technical problems will get extra time to enroll, according to a report from The New York Times.
Two Connecticut bills seek to further regulate the process of hospitals converting from nonprofit to for-profit status.
The HHS Office of Inspector General has released its Medicaid Fraud Control Units Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Report, showing MFCUs nationwide recovered more than $2.5 billion in Medicaid fraud cases last year.
Nurses and hospital executives in Massachusetts are at odds over a bill that would require lowering nurse-patient ratios within the state.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law a bill that authorizes licensure for anesthesiologist assistants.