[ad_1] Molina Healthcare and its former subsidiary, Pathways of Massachusetts, agreed to pay more than $4.6 million to resolve false claims and whistleblower allegations, the Justice Department said […]
New York hospital unknowingly advised patients against birth plans for years
[ad_1] The letter also said that “giving our patients the best of care” may involve such procedures as episiotomies, which are incisions made at the opening of the […]
Supreme Court denies UnitedHealth Medicare Advantage appeal
[ad_1] The Supreme Court declined to hear UnitedHealthcare’s challenge to a federal regulation that makes Medicare Advantage insurers liable for False Claims Act lawsuits when they fail to […]
Express Scripts’ ‘refill pill mill’ bilked government, suit alleges
[ad_1] Express Scripts delivered unnecessary prescription drugs to military personnel, bilking the federal government and vendors out of billions of dollars, a whistleblower alleges in a False Claims […]
Telehealth providers brace for Roe v. Wade ruling
[ad_1] Choix currently operates in California, Colorado and Illinois, with plans to expand into two other states by the end of July. “Abortion care via telehealth is [still] […]
DaVita loses employer health plan case at Supreme Court
[ad_1] An employer health plan didn’t violate federal law by limiting outpatient dialysis benefits for policyholders, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The 7-2 decision holds that Marietta Memorial […]
Q&A with Dr. Alex Jahangir of Vaderbilt Medical Center: ‘It really was a big private-public partnership’
[ad_1] As chair of the Metro Coronavirus Task Force in Nashville, you led the city’s COVID-19 response. How did the strategy to address the pandemic come together? COVID […]
Commentary: Tackling healthcare’s growing safety challenges starts with our workforce
[ad_1] In mid-May, four of the nation’s leading voices in healthcare called for urgent, national action to reform our healthcare system. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Centers […]
Q&A: At the intersection of healthcare and climate change
[ad_1] Addressing climate change has become a top priority in healthcare, especially given the industry’s reliance on environmentally damaging practices and its major contributions to carbon emissions. Last […]
Hospitals retrain data center employees amid shift to the cloud
[ad_1] Tufts hired temporary workers and brought in consultants to fill data center positions so that full-time employees had time to be trained. “You have to support your […]