In This Issue:
- Top News
..Deal to Raise Debt Ceiling, End Shutdown Yields No Major Changes to Health Care Law
..Problems with HealthCare.gov Website Continue; HHS Working to Fix Issues
..Kaiser Study...more
11/1/2013
/ Abortion ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Debt Ceiling ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Fraud ,
Government Shutdown ,
Health Insurance Exchanges ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare.gov ,
Insurance Industry ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Devices ,
OIG ,
Premiums ,
Subsidies
In This Issue:
- Top News
..Tavenner Wins Senate Confirmation to Head CMS
..US Charges 89 in Nationwide Medicare Fraud Crackdown
- State News
..Vermont Becomes Fourth State to Allow Physician-Assisted...more
5/30/2013
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Loss Ratio ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Physician-Assisted Suicide ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Supply Chain
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a Special Fraud Alert on March 26, 2013 warning that physician-owned distributorships (PODs) are "inherently suspect" under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). Generally...more
An Illinois district court jury in United States v. Momence Meadows Nursing Center, Inc. recently issued a verdict on February 11, 2013 imposing $28.1 million in civil penalties on the operators of a nursing home. The nursing...more