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Bringing sunlight to healthcare pricing: the CMS release of hospital charge data
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- 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
OIG sees through a radiology provider's plan and allows preauthorization services
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- August 30 2012
The U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 12-10 on August 23, 2012, finding that a radiology group's proposal to offer free insurance preauthorization services to physicians and patients would be permissible
Supreme Court hears arguments on the constitutional challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- April 12 2012
From March 26 to 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the 26-state challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or Act
Medicaid DSH calculation -- insurance won't cover the patient's claim; no worries -- relief may be on the way!
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- January 19 2012
CMS recently issued a proposed rule clarifying what constitutes uncompensated care for purposes of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment limit
Professional liability insurance - sexual assault loophole
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- September 29 2011
Radiology Associates filed suit against its insurers to compel the insurers to defend Radiology Associates against claims stemming from an employee's alleged sexual assault of a patient while performing an unauthorized examination at their facility
Genetic Non-discrimination Act - GINA's three wishes
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- December 10 2009
Title II of the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) took effect on November 21, 2009, even though the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has not yet published final regulations
Insurer sues out-of-network hospitals for waiving patient's out-of-pocket expenses
- Baker & Hostetler LLP
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- USA
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- June 11 2009
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon) filed separate lawsuits against two out-of-network hospital providers, claiming that both providers were waiving the coinsurance, deductibles and other out-of-pocket expenses that patients were contractually required to pay for out-of-network providers
