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Judge Orders DOJ to Continue Reviewing CVS-Aetna Despite Shutdown
An 'internal, political squabble over funding' is no reason to put off reviewing the megamerger, the judge wrote, with a...
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Providers Walk 'Fine Line' Between Informing And Scaring Immigrant Patients
The proposed 'public charge' rule would allow the federal government to consider immigrants' use of an expanded list of public...
Judge Blocks Final Rule On Birth Control Coverage
The injunction applies only in the 13 plaintiff states that filed suit against a Trump administration final rule allowing employers...
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Fifth Circuit Hits Pause on ACA Lawsuit Over Government Shutdown
At the urging of the Trump administration, an appellate judge put legal wrangling over the Obama-era law's constitutionality on hold...
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Arbitration Ends CHS-Quorum Spin-off Dispute
The panel directed CHS to give about $2.1 million back to Quorum, but it also rejected the basis for Quorum's...
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States Appeal ACA Ruling to Fifth Circuit
Colorado joins California-led coalition to defend the law after Trump's DOJ abandons key provisions on preexisting conditions.
ACA Defenders Push Again for Expedited Appeal
Interveners want U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor to clarify his December 14 ruling that the Affordable Care Act was unconsitutional,...
Ex-Cleveland Clinic Exec Gets 30 Months in $2.7M Fraud Scheme
Former executives at Cleveland Clinic Innovations set up a shell company and submitted inflated bills to the health system for...
CMS Examines Possible Conflicts of Interest in Accrediting Organizations
Federal regulators are asking for public comment and cite 'disparity rates' between state audits and AO reviews of healthcare facilities.
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Taking Surprise Medical Bills To Court
Some legal experts say contract law could provide consumers another avenue to challenge unexpected hospital bills.
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About That ACA Ruling: More to Come This Week, But Perhaps Not an Appeal
There could be much more said at the District Court level, where the judge has asked the parties to propose...
'The Judge Got It Wrong': Payers, Providers Pan ACA Ruling
A federal judge's ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional was greeted with a chorus of boos from key...