Policy and Legislation
HHS settles with an Arizona physicians' practice for $100,000 over their failure to adequately protect patient health records.
Employers and the National Labor Relations Board may have thought that a new posting rule would go into effect at the end of April, but an injunction issued Tuesday has put the implementation of the new rule on ice.
According to a report released Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services, patients with Medicare are starting to save money on durable medical equipment (DME) through the Medicare competitive bidding program.
Led by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), six healthcare organizations today announced the start of a major initiative to improve the medical liability system in the state.
With Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney frequently reasserting his plans to sign an Executive Order to grant all 50 states waivers that essentially serve as get-out-of-health-insurance-exchange-free cards, if he's elected, the future of HIX appears troubled.
The Affordable Care Act weighs heavily on the minds of young doctors says a new study by the Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports doctors.
Medicare plans on using resource use reports to tie physician reimbursement to quality and costs of care.
Two bills that would lower healthcare costs for veterans, make it easier for veterans to access the Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare system and prevent older veterans from unexpected out-of-pocket costs was recently introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR).
Last week was a real roller coaster ride for Tenet Healthcare. On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced it was fining the hospital network $42.75 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act; then on Thursday Tenet announced an agreement with HHS that would add $84 million to its coffers to correct Medicare underpayments.
A new directive in California is set to save doctors and other medical providers millions.