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The Supreme Court today said the False Claims Act is not “an all-purpose antifraud statute” or “a vehicle for punishing garden-variety breaches of contract or regulatory violations.” In a decision in Universal Health Services Inc. v. United States and Massachusetts ex…
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today urged the U.S. Department of Justice to block the proposed merger of Anthem and Cigna. "When it comes to the Anthem and Cigna merger, bigger is not better for California's consumers or the health insurance market," said Jones.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday released its June report to Congress, which annually looks at issues affecting the Medicare program and health care delivery and services.
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission yesterday released its June report to Congress, which looks at Medicaid spending and financing at the request of congressional committees with interest in Medicaid. Topics include trends in Medicaid spending, state policy levers to control…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released a resource to help consumers understand their rights under the Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act. The brochure reviews the law’s parity protections, how consumers can find out more about their health…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee June 15 voted 53-0 to approve the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, H.R. 2646, after several modifications were made to the bill as a result of bipartisan negotiations. The committee-approved bill scrapped earlier measures that would have…
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 53-0 to approve the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 2646) after several modifications were made to the bill as a result of bipartisan negotiations.
The AHA today urged congressional negotiators to quickly pass a conference report that provides $1.1 billion in new funding to prevent local transmission of the Zika virus and develop a vaccine, rather than repurposing funds from other public health programs.
The AHA yesterday expressed support for the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act, which targets anticompetitive behaviors used to block and delay entry of generic drugs. The bipartisan legislation would allow a generic drug manufacturer facing one of these delay tactics to…
The AHA and seven other national associations today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reject the National Labor Relations Board’s expanded joint employer test, outlining a range of adverse impacts in the franchising, construction, health care, retail and hospitality…