Frustrated patients joined consumer advocates and health insurers on Thursday to support legislation to strictly limit – and in some cases ban – so-called “facility fees” that can add hundreds or thousands of dollars to medical bills.
After a NC Health News/ News & Observer/ Charlotte Observer report of alleged mistreatment and sexual assault of an 11-year-old patient, Brynn Marr Hospital has been under months of state and federal scrutiny, jeopardizing its federal insurance reimbursement.
Yale New Haven Health and Northeast Medical Group have agreed to a roughly $560,000 settlement with the federal and state governments over allegations that the medical providers submitted false Medicare and Medicaid claims, the U.S. attorney’s and the state attorney general’s offices announced on Tuesday.
Nevada’s lack of state-supported services for child mental health issues has been described as a “crisis” — underscored by a federal investigation last year revealing that the state’s lack of adequate treatment and services to children and youth with behavioral health disabilities likely violated federal law.
The impending end of the COVID-19 national and public health emergency will present a complicated landscape to navigate for hospital systems, which look to minimize the impact of the transition to post-pandemic normality.