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Nicole Lamoureux, CEO of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, said in many states these organizations are expanding their mission to make sure they can serve the underinsured-people who have coverage but whose premium and deductible represents 10 percent or more of their income.
Bon Secours Health System and Eugene Y. Chang, MD, one of the system's surgical oncologists, will pay $400,000 to settle civil fraud allegations leveled against them in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Bon Secours practice manager and one of Chang's former colleagues, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
UnitedHealth Group is exiting the Affordable Care Act markets in Michigan, Oklahoma and other areas citing a lack of profitability.
Blood testing startup Theranos is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.
A single, coordinated approach to performance reporting is needed to make promised Medicare payment reforms work, the American Medical Association and other physician groups are expected to tell lawmakers Tuesday morning during a Subcommittee on Health hearing on Capitol Hill.
In states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, low-income adults were more likely to see a doctor, stay overnight in a hospital and receive their first diagnoses of diabetes and high cholesterol, according to a study published Monday.
If UnitedHealthcare follows through on its threat to quit the health insurance marketplaces in 2017, more than 1 million consumers would be left with a single health plan option, an analysis released Monday forecasted.
Rule affects 3,330 acute care hospitals, 430 long-term care hospitals.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in what could be a precedent-setting case stemming from the death of a Massachusetts teen after treatment at a Universal Health Services-owned facility. The case, referred to as Universal Health Services v United States ex rel. Escobar, was brought by the teen's parents against Universal Health Services, the largest owner of psychiatric hospitals and clinics in the United States.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine campaign says hospitals have a responsibility to teach about healthy eating.