Invalidating the ACA Would Eliminate Health Insurance for 20M People

John Commins, June 19, 2019

Urban Institute study finds low-income, working people in Medicaid expansion states would be hardest hit.

Hospitals are Ready to Assume More Risk

John Commins, June 19, 2019

A survey shows most providers believe they have the capacity to assume more risk and will do so within the next three years. 

Vath Named CEO at Louisiana's Franciscan Missionaries

John Commins, June 18, 2019

The pulmonologist has served as interim-president and CEO at the six-hospital health system since March, after CEO Mike McBride was fired.

IBM to Pay $14.8M to Settle False Claims Allegations

John Commins, June 17, 2019

Big Blue and subsidiary Cúram Software allegedly made promises about their IT platform capabilities that they couldn't back up.

Public Option Health Plan Could Lower Costs, Expand Coverage

John Commins, June 17, 2019

The Urban Institute estimates the savings that come with a public option health plan, capping provider payment rates, and financial aid for the middle-class.  

New Final Rule Expands Access to HRAs

John Commins, June 14, 2019

Feds say the new rule will benefit 800,000 employers, and more than 11 million employees and their families, including 800,000 previously uninsured people.

Hospital Developers Pay $1.1M to Settle False Claims Act Allegation

John Commins, June 13, 2019

DOJ said the developers of the 106-bed Lakeway (Texas) Regional Medical Center 'participated in a scheme to improperly obtain the FHA-insured loan.'

His Latest False Claims Case is Settled, but this Kansas Doc is Still Fighting the DOJ

John Commins, June 12, 2019

A cardiologist with a history of False Claims Act settlements says the federal government is abusing the whistleblower process.

Fatal Opioid Overdoses Provide 'Favorable' Organ Donors

John Commins, June 6, 2019

A new study challenges the rationale used to reject the use of vital organs harvested from deceased opioid users.

JC Blair Health System Joins Penn Highlands Healthcare

John Commins, June 6, 2019

The flagship J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital becomes the fifth hospital in the Penn Highlands system and has been renamed as Penn Highlands Huntingdon.

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