UnitedHealth expects cyberattack-related impacts to top $2.3B – Fierce healthcare
UnitedHealth saw its medical loss ratio rise in the second quarter, but executives pointed to the cyberattack on Change Healthcare as the main factor. UnitedHealthcare’s MLR for the second quarter was 85.1%, up from 83.2% in the same period last year. The insurer cited several factors for the increase in the ratio during its earnings […]
Judge points to Supreme Court’s Chevron overruling in decision to unravel transgender healthcare regulations
A federal judge ruled that the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Chevron doctrine means the Biden administration’s latest interpretation of Title IX cannot require Mississippi healthcare providers to perform transgender-related services. In April, the Department of Health and Human Services released regulations that penalize healthcare providers for discriminating against those seeking care on the basis of […]
Indian American Physician, 51, Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Fraud – NDTV
Washington: A 51-year-old Indian-American doctor from the Chicago area has pleaded guilty to federal health care fraud for billing Medicaid and private insurers for services that did not exist. Mona Ghosh, who owns and operates Progressive Women’s Healthcare, which specializes in obstetrics and gynecology services, pleaded guilty to two counts of health care fraud. Each […]
Feds charge nearly 200 doctors, nurses and others in $2.75B health-care scam
The Department of Justice has indicted 193 people, including 76 doctors, nurses and other medical workers. $2.75 billion worth of health care fraudThe department made the announcement on Thursday. A two-week investigation nabbed defendants accused of illegally distributing millions of stimulant Adderall pills. Attorney General Merrick Garland said those charges included a $176 million fraud […]
Texas Hospital Introduces Holographic Visits, A First In US Healthcare
A hospital in Texas has introduced the first holographic hospital visit, ABC News reported Wednesday. Crescent Regional Hospital in Lancaster, Texas, is leading a groundbreaking advancement in medical technology by introducing a system that allows doctors to consult with patients via holograms. according to To ABC News: This innovative approach, powered by the “Holobox” developed […]
Florida Reform Slashes Free Healthcare Spending on Migrants
In Florida, medical costs for illegal immigrants were nearly cut in half after a law requiring hospitals to track unpaid care provided to them. Senate Bill 1718, Signed The bill, proposed by Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), goes into effect in July 2023, and almost a year after it was enacted, the results have been startling. […]
Partisan deceit impedes post-abortive mental healthcare
Shout Your Abortion is a poignant artifact of the pro-abortion machine’s predation upon women. The website purports to be a place where women can talk about their abortions, for better and for worse, without judgment or fear. And so women do, by the thousands. Many submit stories online and via social media. They write in […]
California Forced To Repay Millions After Giving Taxpayer-Funded Healthcare To ‘Noncitizens’
California owes the federal government tens of millions of dollars for incorrectly claiming medical care reimbursements for noncitizens, a federal audit found. The Golden State must repay nearly $53 million to the federal government after it “improperly” claimed reimbursements from the Medicaid program for illegal immigrants and other noncitizens, according to a recent report by […]
Private equity in healthcare is here to stay
Paul Keckley, author of the highly respected healthcare-focused The Keckley Report, recently asked in his weekly column whether private equity is the solution or the problem in healthcare. It may well be a combination of both. But one thing for sure is that private equity is very likely to remain a significant presence in U.S. […]
California seeks to delay $25 health-care minimum wage to ward off budget crisis
(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking to delay a healthcare worker minimum wage increase that will cost the state $4 billion this year alone as the state faces a budget crisis. Among Newsom’s proposals to cut the deficit from $73 billion to $7 billion are tying the state’s healthcare minimum wage increases, which would hike the […]