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With FTC against deal, No. VA system gives up on acquisition
With the Federal Trade Commission coming out against the deal on antitrust grounds, Northern Virginia's five-hospital Inova Health System has given up on its plans to acquire Prince William Health Read more...
Report: Antifraud compliance getting tougher for hospitals
A new report from the Deloitte Forensic Center argues that it's getting increasingly difficult for hospitals to comply with state and federal anti-fraud rules given the surge in new anti-fraud Read more...
GA health system settles false claims suit for $5.1M
Savannah, GA-based Memorial Health has agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle a suit claiming that it made excessive payments to ophthalmologists. The suit, which was filed by a physician Read more...
Genetic discrimination bill progressing in Congress
After more than a decade of attempts, it looks like Congress might finally pass a bill that would block health insurers from denying coverage to otherwise healthy persons based on their genetic Read more...
GAO says gov't needs to create HAI prevention standards
A new report from the Government Accountability Office suggests that the federal government should step up to the plate and set standards for hospitals to follow in preventing hospital-acquired Read more...
Healthcare industry top spender on federal lobbying in '07
It's good to get attention from federal legislators, but it's going to cost you. That's no mystery to some key healthcare groups, who collectively spent $445 million on federal lobbying during 2007, Read more...
FL doctor pays $7M to settle federal fraud suit
A physician who owns a Boca Raton, FL-based chain of medical imaging centers has agreed to pay $7 million to settle charges that he overcharged Medicare for services and ordered unnecessary tests. Read more...
Hospitals win back $666M from Medicare
In a deal that marks one of the largest settlements ever paid by the federal government to healthcare providers, CMS has agreed to pay out $666 million to 667 hospitals that sued for back payments. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Cleveland Clinic spends big on lobbying feds; Seattle hospitals going green; and much more...
> When it comes to lobbying, the Cleveland Clinic does it up. The multispecialty medical center spent more than $1.36 million during 2007 alone to lobby the federal government. Read more...
DOJ: CHS submitted $27.5M in bad claims
The U.S. Department of Justice already had let the world know that hospitals run by Community Health Systems had submitted improper claims. Now, the government has attached a number to CHS's alleged Read more...
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