The White House has indicated President Barack Obama will veto legislation that would repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate and delay the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
CMS' Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment recommended reducing the supervision level for 18 outpatient services from direct to general supervision.
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Novant Health, alleging the healthcare provider charged excessive fees for its defined-contribution retirement plan.
A federal jury in Houston convicted two owners of Spectrum Care, a former mental health company, several of its employees, a patient recruiter and two group home owners for their participation in a $97 million Medicare fraud scheme.
Here are seven steps the American Medical Association recommends providers to consider when conducting ICD-10 training.
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The Consumer Attorneys of California have pledged to rally behind an initiative that seeks to lift the cap on medical malpractice awards within the state.
Florida-based Halifax Health will undertake substantial internal compliance reform and have its federal healthcare program claims independently reviewed for the next five years as part of the settlement of a whistle-blower lawsuit filed pursuant to the qui tam provisions of…
Twelve hospitals agreed to pay fines as part of settlements related to patient dumping last year.
As discussed on my last blog post, narrow networks are gaining a lot of attention in healthcare today, both from policy makers who both love and loathe them (depending largely on which side of the political aisle they come from)…
CMS has issued a final rule establishing the Basic Health Program, which gives states the option to provide health insurance to low-income people who don't qualify for Medicaid.