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Finance
Enforcing Hospital Price Transparency: Is $300 Max Daily Fine Big Enough?
If a hospital were to be assessed the maximum penalty for an entire year, it would owe $109,500 for failing...
Strategy
Beaumont Sues Michigan's CON Commission Over Rejected Oxford Hospital Plans
The parties have until next Friday to submit briefs on whether a preliminary injunction is needed. At issue is whether...
Finance
Site-Neutral Groundhog? Hospitals Urge Judge to Whack 2020 Payment Policy, Too
The government is moving forward with 'the second year of a two-year phase-in,' even though a judge vacated the policy...
Strategy
Life Spine, Top Execs, to Pay $6M to Settle Kickback Allegations
The company 'aggressively recruited' dozens of surgeons with the potential to use a high volume of the company's products and...
Finance
Use Tech Tools to Avoid Suing Patients
With all the technology options available to health systems today, hospitals should "absolutely not" get to the point where they're...
Finance
Hospitals Take Shot At Opioid Makers Over Cost Of Treating Uninsured For Addiction
Hundreds of hospitals have joined in a handful of lawsuits in state courts as their best hope for winning meaningful...
Finance
PBGH CEO on Sutter Health Antitrust Settlement: 'I Don't Think This Issue Will Go Away'
Elizabeth Mitchell, CEO of the Pacific Business Group on Health, weighs in on the recent settlement between Sutter Health and...
Finance
Site-Neutral Payments: Judge Holds Her Ground in Vacating OPPS Provisions
The latest ruling opens the door to a possible appeal by the Trump administration, which has argued it has the...
When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrested
Across the country, thousands of people are jailed each year for failing to appear in court for unpaid bills.
Strategy
Judge Vacates 2016 Rule That Banned Healthcare Discrimination Against Transgender Patients
The decision comes as the Trump administration seeks to supplant the Obama-era rule with a version that excludes gender identity...
California Governor's Bill-Signing Marathon Offers Glimpse Of 2020 Issues
Some of the new healthcare-related laws put California in the forefront nationally.
Strategy
Appellate Judges Seem Skeptical of Medicaid Work Requirements
During oral arguments, multiple judges said repeatedly that the government's arguments appear to go beyond the law.