Compliance & Legal
The sale will be completed by the end of the year but is contingent upon the closing of its merger with CVS Health.
Government alleged HMA unlawfully boosted inpatient admissions, submitted inflated claims to government payers and paid physician kickbacks for referrals.
Hospitals and health systems should adopt better strategies to ensure physicians and nurses don't shift pills to the black market.
AHA joins other 340B stakeholders in asking the court to declare the delay unlawful and to enact the regulation.
The system has secured debtor-in-possession financing of up to $185 million, which will enable its hospitals to continue operations.
Under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, hospitals participating in Medicare are required to screen and stabilize emergency room patients.
It is the first study to examine financial conflict of interest in the publication of clinical trials that underpin FDA approval of new oncology drugs.
Study hinged on a unique Communication and Resolution Program which led one system to a 66 percent reduction in legal claims filed among other gains.
UnitedHealthcare and Oxford Health Insurance contended the payments to New York were an unconstitutional taking of their property.
Prosecutors for the 10 regional strike forces currently in operation have charged over 3,700 defendants in connection to more than $14 billion in false billings, DOJ says.