Andrew Cuomo news from FierceHealthcare
NewsState cap on executive pay moves forward
New York Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday signed an executive order, directing state agencies to place caps on nonprofit executive pay to no more than $199,000 annually that come from public dollars. Read more...
State wants control over struggling hospitals, ability to fire execs
A New York panel yesterday proposed giving the state the power to take over struggling hospitals and fire inferior hospital board members and executives, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to Read more...
NY Inspector General ousted for overaggressive Medicaid penalties
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo yesterday asked state Medicaid Inspector General Jim Sheehan to resign from office, reports WAMC Northest Public Radio. As the first with the title, Sheehan has recovered Read more...
Grant delays put New York hospital in jeopardy
From salvaged to the scrap heap, it looks like the end could be near for Long Island College Hospital. The cash-strapped facility, which was set to merge with SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, now faces Read more...
Hospitals fined for flushing pharmaceutical waste
As part of a larger crackdown on hospital pharma waste practices, New York's attorney general has reached an agreement with five healthcare facilities to stop "disposing" their pharma waste into the Read more...
Ingenix gets its comeuppance
For quite some time, complaints had been piling up over the rates U.S. health plans were paying for out-of-network charges. Doctors were upset because the rate base was low, and patients were unhappy Read more...
Study: Ingenix data used throughout health plan industry
The Senate has looked into the face of the infamous Ingenix rate databases, and concluded that they are legion. A new report by the Senate Commerce Committee has concluded that the Ingenix Read more...
Health Net will stop using Ingenix database
Following the lead of other insurers, including Cigna, UnitedHealth and Aetna, Health Net has agreed to stop using an Ingenix database commonly used by health plans to set out-of-network Read more...
Ingenix database faces federal going-over
At this point, execs with UnitedHealth Group may be wondering what it takes to kill a zombie Ingenix database--which continues to bite them and chase them around even though it's near dead. Earlier Read more...
WellPoint added to AMA's class-action lawsuit
The American Medical Association recently argued in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that Indianapolis-based WellPoint, held its out-of-network reimbursements artificially low for several years. Read more...
| Press ReleasesATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES THE ARRESTS OF EIGHT SUSPECTS IN NO-FAULT INSURANCE FRAUD SCHEMENEW YORK, NY (September 8, 2010) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced criminal charges against seven medical professionals and a clinic receptionist for their roles in a fraudulent Read more >> |
