Compliance & Legal
Emergency regulation pertains to the 76,000 providers which receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.
One claim for over $1,700 was for a 23-year-old man treated in the ER for indigestion after eating a chili dog, lawsuit says.
The complaint follows a cybersecurity incident earlier this year that potentially exposed the personal information of more than 700,000 people.
UHC, Humana and Kaiser Permanente all ranked highly as the number with 5 stars plans tripled this year compared to 2020.
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.