Regulatory/Compliance

Vaught Conviction Argues for Fixes to Hospital Safety Checks and Balances

Nov 28, 2022 at 09:44 pm by Staff

by Jonathan Romero Hospitals and the healthcare industry will be suffering long-term from the backlash to the criminal conviction in Tennessee last Ma.... Read More

HHS Proposes New Protections to Increase Care Coordination and Confidentiality for Patients with Substance Use Challenges

Nov 28, 2022 at 09:01 pm by Staff

New Proposed Rule to Implement the Bipartisan CARES Act Legislation The U.S. Health and Human Services Department, through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) a.... Read More

Audits — Hidden Until Now — Reveal Millions in Medicare Advantage Overcharges

Nov 21, 2022 at 10:33 am by Staff

By Fred Schulte and Holly Hacker, Kaiser Health News Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors i.... Read More

HHS Finalizes Physician Payment Rule Strengthening Access to Behavioral Health Services and Whole-Person Care

Nov 21, 2022 at 02:07 am by Staff

Rule includes expanded cancer screening coverage in support of President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot and promotes innovation and coordinated care in Medicare The U.S. Depar.... Read More

How Optimism Can Close the Medicaid Coverage Gap

Nov 20, 2022 at 02:15 pm by Staff

By Phil Galewitz and Daniel Chang, Kaiser Health News More than 2 million low-income people — half of them in Florida and Texas — are uninsur.... Read More

Abortion Issue Helps Limit Democrats’ Losses in Midterms

Nov 13, 2022 at 06:48 pm by Staff

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News Republicans are likely to take control of one or both houses of Congress when all the votes are counted, but Democrats.... Read More

People With Long Covid Face Barriers to Government Disability Benefits

Nov 13, 2022 at 06:40 pm by Staff

By Betsy Ladyzhets, Kaiser Health News When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with covid-19 in spring 2020, she didn’t anticipate that the virus.... Read More

Supreme Court to Hear Nursing Home Case That Could Affect Millions

Nov 07, 2022 at 07:26 pm by Staff

By Farah Yousry, Side Effects Public Media, Kaiser Health News When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her elderly father’s care before he died, s.... Read More

Hospital Giant HCA Fends Off Accusations of Questionable Inpatient Admissions

Nov 04, 2022 at 10:45 am by Staff

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News Jennifer Smithfield felt weak and still had trouble breathing in February after nearly two weeks with.... Read More

Medicare Fines for High Hospital Readmissions Drop, but Nearly 2,300 Facilities Are Still Penalized

Nov 01, 2022 at 11:14 am by Staff

By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an ackn.... Read More