The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General released its Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees report for fiscal year 2011 proposed budget, which included a $40 million increase to continue to support and increase efforts…
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called upon Anthem Blue Cross of California to justify its recent rate hikes, which are set to go into effect March 1, according to a report by the Los…
While most business sectors have seen a slowdown in merger and acquisition activity during the current financial and credit crisis, the hospital sector continues to see a significant level of activity. The driving forces for this activity have changed and…
Anthem Blue Cross, California's largest for-profit health insurer, is raising premiums for individual insurance policies by 30-39 percent on March 1, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
In what may be an unprecedented prosecution, Anne Mitchell was scheduled to stand trial Feb. 8 in a Texas court for "misuse of official information," a third-degree felony charge, after reporting a physician last April to the Texas Medical Board…
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will take a $315 million charge in its fourth quarter in connection with a settlement to resolve a drug-pricing lawsuit brought by Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys against several of the company's U.S. subsidiaries, according to a…
A Colorado physicians' group has settled allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that the group participated in price-fixing, according to a news release by the FTC.
The healthcare industry, including hospitals, ASCs and physicians' offices, added 14,500 jobs from Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010, according to a news release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) and Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) will introduce legislation to repeal the special anti-trust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies, according to a news release by Rep. Markey's office.
Gastroenterology Consultants, based in Reno, Nev., has opened its new clinic in Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare in Carson City, Nev., according to a report in the Nevada Appeal.