Compliance & Legal

UHC has filed its own lawsuit accusing the physician firm of deliberately upcoding thousands of claims.

The agency's rule reverses a Trump-era policy that affected noncitizens' legal status if they received health benefits, including Medicaid.

The Foundation for Government Accountability wants CMS to release enforcement data it did not get by FOIA request.

District Judge Carl Nichols is expected to release a ruling in the case before the end of October.

BCBS is accusing Teva of offering coupons to prevent consumers from switching to a generic, lower-cost version of Copaxone.

In issuing the ruling, U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood said CMS' decision was "arbitrary and capricious."

One organization has engaged legal counsel, saying it hopes deficiencies identified will be corrected in the final rule. 

The departments say they have received "substantially more" disputed claims than expected. 

At least 664 hospital systems or medical providers have been identified where Facebook has received patient data, lawsuit says.

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This week's top stories include Fitbit's voluntary recall of its Ionic smartwatch following at least 115 reports of the watches overheating and 78 reports of burn injuries in the U.S., and an AMA-led study finds that primary care physician turnover</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">is especially costly to public and private payers. </span></span></span></span></span></p>