Compliance & Legal
Rules strengthen patients' rights considerably and call for caregivers to be informed and engaged in plans for patients' care.
Judge ruled the merger could hurt competition for large, national accounts.
Judge also ruled that Humble Surgical Hospital in Humble, Texas, was paying 30 percent kickbacks for facility fees to 103 physicians in exchange for referrals.
Price made dozens of health industry stock trades during a three-year investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission that focused on the Ways and Means Committee, according to financial disclosure records.
The law, passed in 2008, stipulates that emergency rooms give information about "morning-after" pills to sexual assault victims.
DOJ alleged that subsidiary IPC pressured physicians to bill for higher levels of service than what was provided.
The Giants player filed the lawsuit last year after Schefter, an ESPN reporter, tweeted out a picture of the football player's hospital records following a firework accident.
Meir Daller ordered more than 13,000 FISH tests for his Medicare patients, allegedly collecting bonuses based on tests.
Agency will clear up misconception that beneficiaries are eligible for coverage for physical and occupational therapy and other skilled care only if their health is improving.
Tenet obtained more than $149 million in Medicaid and Medicare funds based on the illegal patient referrals, authorities say.