Compliance & Legal
Federal overseers have seldom penalized the healthcare organizations responsible for safeguarding this data, a ProPublica review shows.
A recently unsealed federal lawsuit alleges hospital owner HCA Holdings subjected patients to medically unnecessary, invasive and high-risk cardiology procedures for years and then submitted false medical claims for federal reimbursement, according to court documents.
Suit claims that the SEIU tried to thwart the $843 million acquisition agreement with Prime Healthcare Services, by conspiring with rival takeover bidder Blue Wolf Capital Partners.
Agency head says 81 percent of 15,000 test claims sent in past week were accepted, with most failures tied to errors not related to the coding.
Some Kaiser patients still have to wait weeks or even months to see a therapist or psychiatrist, which violates state laws intended to ensure timely access to mental health treatment.
Albert Davis and co-conspirators allegedly impersonated Cerner employees, physicians, investors and others -- both in e-mails and in-person visits.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has taken to the Web, producing a series of animated videos that explain the changes in a very easy to understand format.
The Food and Drug Administration and General Electric are recalling more than 5,000 MRI systems in the U.S. and urging providers to do thorough testing.
Insurers with Medicare Advantage health plans are facing more public and government scrutiny over just how sick their senior members really are.
Doctor allegedly prescribed the dangerous drug to thousands of elderly and indigent mentally ill patients in at least 30 area nursing homes and other facilities.