Compliance & Legal
NJSNA members and 351 nurses from around the country urged elected officials to repeal language blocking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from conducting gun violence research, and from looking into appropriate funding to examine the causes and effective prevention strategies for gun violence.
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley in Los Angeles has agreed to pay $1 million in civil penalties over allegations that it improperly discharged a homeless patient in direct violation of city law and the hospital's homeless discharge protocols.
More than 60 of the defendants arrested are charged with fraud related to the Medicare prescription drug benefit program known as Part D.
Ruling ensures patent challengers may make an appeal before a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office board, rather than to the federal court.
The United States is on track to spend $2.6 trillion less on healthcare between 2014 and 2019 compared to initial projections made right after the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act.
Money will help provide hands-on training tailored to small practices, especially those that practice in historically under-resourced areas.
Despite the ongoing shift from fee-for-service to a value-based care model, a significant number providers are resistant to implementing alternative payment methods even though revenue cycle management continues to be a critical aspect of a provider's health, says a new Peer60 report.
The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision today in the case of Universal Health Services vs. Escobar that could expand the use of the implied certification theory as a basis for liability under the False Claims Act, with some saying it could breed more lawsuits against providers.
Jorge Juvier, 58, of Queens, New York, a former owner and operator of multiple HIV/AIDS clinics in New York City, was sentenced Tuesday to a little more than five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $12 million in restitution for his role in a scheme to bilk Medicare out of more than $12 million through the use of fraudulent HIV/AIDS clinics, the U.S. Attorney's office announced.
At the request of the Orlando Health CEO David Strong, the White House has waived HIPAA privacy regulations so that families can get information on the victims of the nation's deadliest shooting Sunday at the Pulse night club.