New York Hospitals to Sue Over Medicare Rule Change
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Several New York City hospitals said they would sue the Bush administration over a plan to redraw metropolitan boundaries that could cost them millions.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into whether insurers overcharged patients for out-of-network doctors.
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The US Department of Justice has started a criminal investigation of the medical-supply industry to determine whether hospitals are overcharging Medicare and other government health
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Legal action is launched over a row about whether a new hospital plans to leave enough space between beds to prevent the spread of infections.
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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of New York said that he is conducting an investigation of health insurers into allegations that reimbursement rates were manipulated to defraud consumers.
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A Virginia Supreme Court commission on mental health laws yesterday proposed loosening the state's standard for when mentally ill people should be committed to hospitals, an issue that has come to the fore since the Virginia Tech shootings last spring.
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Several doctors and a group supporting English as the nation&#39;s official language have filed a lawsuit challenging a Clinton-era executive order requiring federally funded hospitals, clinics and doctors to offer translation services for
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ALBANY, Nov. 18 - A report commissioned by Gov. George E. Pataki paints New York's hospital system as too large and too costly, with money being sent in the wrong directions, and recommends closing some hospitals around the state while developing a system of strong regional health care centers.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A union representing health care workers who locked out at Sutter Health affiliated hospitals since Thursday, announced today that it is filing a lawsuit against Sutter Health and Modern Industrial Services, the agency Sutter used to hire
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The state and city of New York on Monday filed suit against Merck & Co. Inc., claiming the drugmaker concealed the risks of the withdrawn arthritis treatment Vioxx.
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Inova Health System, one of Virginia&#39;s largest nonprofit hospital chains, is being sued in federal court for allegedly overcharging uninsured patients and then using &quot;aggressive and humiliating&quot; techniques to collect.
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An organization of restaurants across the state sued the city Friday, asking a court to outlaw a new city regulation that would require some eateries to list calorie counts on their menu boards, right next to the price.
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Gov. George Pataki's advisers are arguing over whether he should embrace efforts to limit the federal Medicaid program, which could help alter New York's costly program.
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New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Monday threatened to sue the federal government on charges that new regulations on children's health insurance violate an existing program that covers children from lower-income families.
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The nonprofit company that runs the Prince George's hospital system has gone to court to pry loose public dollars that hospital officials say are needed to keep the system open.
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A Montgomery County hospital where a 29-year-old patient suffered extreme malnutrition before his death could face steep state fines within weeks and even the loss of federal Medicare funding this fall because of serious failings in care.
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The former president remained hospitalized in New York. Who will perform the surgery and when were not disclosed.