Bringing sunlight to healthcare pricing: the CMS release of hospital charge data *

USA - May 16 2013
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis once said that "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." The release of charges billed by some 3,337…

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Novel “bad faith admission” EMTALA theory survives motion to dismiss *

USA - May 2 2013
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently denied Contra Costa Regional Medical Center's (CCRMC) motion to dismiss…

Co-authors: Melissa A. Brown, Darby Allen.

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No sale -- sales commissions violate anti-kickback statute; prevent enforcement of nonsolicitation *

USA - March 7 2013
A durable medical equipment (DME) distributor, Joint Technology, Inc., entered into an agreement to pay a salesman commissions ranging from 18 to 22…

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Physician recruitment agreement -- active medical staff privilege requirement upheld *

USA - March 7 2013
Health Management Associates' University Medical Center (UMC) recruited Kevin Dennis to Lebanon, Tennessee under a physician recruitment agreement…

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Too big to exclude; too much wrongdoing to ignore *

USA - February 21 2013
A 2007 audit initiated by a Medicare Program Safeguard Contractor (PSC) discovered that a North Carolina provider had a high incidence of inpatient…

Co-authors: Melissa A. Brown.

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