Susan Morse
CenterLight admitted to improperly billing Medicaid for 1,241 members.
Open enrollment for week 11 ended with close to 400,000 consumers signing up for healthcare coverage, a number four times greater than the week before, according to figures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Former Turing Pharmaceutical Chief Executive Martin Shkreli has invoked the Fifth Amendment by refusing to produce documents subpoenaed by a Senate committee investigating on prescription drug price hikes, according to NBC News and Twitter chatter between Shkreli and the chairwoman of the committee.
J. Joel Hackney's appointment takes effect following Pamplona's buyout of MedAssets, a $2.7 billion deal announced in November.
Aria Health System and Jefferson Health on Tuesday entered into a binding agreement to merge, a transaction expected to be completed this spring.
Driven by a $720 million loss on its individual exchange product, UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday reported a $6.8 billion profit in 2015, down $238 million over its 2014 profit.
Two days after a Senate committee released a report stating the manufacturer of 85 percent of endoscopes used in the United States knew the hard-to-clean reusable devices caused superbug infections, scope-maker Olympus issued a recall of the medical equipment.
With the addition of La Porte and Starke hospitals, Community Health Systems of Franklin, Tennessee will operate 11 hospitals in Indiana.
Four hospitals in northern New Hampshire are affiliating administrative, finance, purchasing and other services in a new health system called North Country Healthcare.
New Board Chairman Mark Kelley said the affiliation may represent a first for the nation.
A pre-authorization process for certain medical supplies has worked to bring down costs in sample studies and will help prevent questionable billing practices. That's the word from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, after issuing its final rule Tuesday establishing a prior authorization process for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies.