Following a few hiccups, the federal government finalized Alliance Healthcare System's rural emergency hospital status, according to the hospital's leaders.
This makes Alliance the first in the state to receive such a designation.
The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General today announced that YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SERVICES CORP. and NORTHEAST MEDICAL GROUP, INC. have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and have paid $560,718.48 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts for submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for services billed by physicians when, in fact, the services should have been billed by mid-level providers at a lower reimbursement rate.
A new federal rule in the works will give many GLOW region hospitals a major financial boost in the reimbursements they receive from Medicare for wage payments.
A bill to provide a $150 million lifeline to struggling hospitals is headed to Gov. Newsom's office, but one legislator says medical facilities need at least $1.5 billion to stay afloat through the end of the year.