Compliance & Legal
The Northside hospitals have been cited for not publishing machine-readable files containing charges for items and services.
The groups said PBMs engage in anticompetitive practices that increase drug prices and limit consumer choice.
The agency is investigating the vertically integrated industry for its impact on the access and affordability of drugs.
Eliminating Steward as a low-cost competitor would enable HCA to command higher reimbursement rates, FTC says.
CEOs say the transaction would enable the systems to build "the first premier academic medical center in New Jersey."
The hospital lost Medicare and Medicaid funding after a series of compliance issues, but lawmakers call the facility essential.
The lawsuit against the rule compared its self-executing expiration dates for regulations to a ticking time bomb.
AG Letitia James claims the diocese did not administer the pension properly, resulting in the loss of benefits for about 650 hospital retirees.
The AHA recommends the DOJ establish a task force to examine routine denials from major health insurance companies.
PhRMA claims insurers could use the rule to siphon the cost-sharing assistance from counting toward deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums.