Compliance & Legal
The settlement stems from an accusation that the hospital failed to provide timely auxiliary aids and services for a deaf patient.
Drugmakers face fines for continued violation of the federal law, HRSA says.
The 2019 incident, which disabled Springhill Medical Center's EHR and patient monitors for days, obscured access to critical information that could have allowed for a lifesaving C-section, the baby's mother says.
Fears that vaccine mandates will exacerbate worker shortages miss the bigger picture, says Fisher Phillips labor expert.
The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan made similar accusations against Merck in a lawsuit filed in August.
HRSA has given a 60-day grace period to come into compliance but still strongly encourages providers to meet the deadline.
Deferred patient care due to COVID-19 contributed to UnitedHealthcare's lack of spending.
The decision to exercise enforcement discretion for the payer-to-payer policy doesn't affect any other existing regulatory requirements.
Aetna says it wrongly denied requests to cover fertility treatments for certain individuals and that it would rectify its mistake.
The DOJ alleges the entities submitted inaccurate information about the health status of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.