Nonprofit posts new patient safety grades *

USA - May 13 2013
The national nonprofit organization Leapfrog Group ("Leapfrog") recently released its updated Hospital Safety ScoreSM, a searchable database of…

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OIG issues updated guidelines on state false claims laws *

USA - March 18 2013
On March 15, HHS OIG issued updated guidelines regarding how it will evaluate State false claims acts. Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005…

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Appeals court rejects drug company executive’s First Amendment defense and upholds wire fraud conviction *

USA - March 11 2013
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a recent unpublished opinion, upheld the conviction and sentencing of…

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GAO releases new report on long-term budgetary impact of Affordable Care Act *

USA - March 4 2013
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report analyzing the long-term budgetary effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…

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CMS publishes annual update on recovery audit activity, says program returned nearly $490 million to Medicare Trust Fund in 2011 *

USA - February 11 2013
On February 5, 2013, CMS sent Congress a report summarizing developments related to its Medicare recovery audit program for fiscal year (FY) 2011…

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