The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed a judgment by the U.S. District Circuit Court for the Southern District of Ohio in favor of a hospital that rescinded a physician’s employment contract after it received a poor peer review reference during his...
A final rule issued by CMS last month could put physicians in jeopardy of not getting paid for services provided to patients covered under the Affordable Care Act.
"We found that in every single outcome measure where there was a significant difference between patients who had overlapping surgery and those who didn't, it was in favor of the overlapping surgery group."
- Michael Bohl, MD, discussing his team's study on...
Pro Publica reported at least 20 rural hospitals in the United States have been found in violation of EMTALA in the past five years based upon federal investigation data. In several instances, women in labor faced serious complications after being denied care or were misdiagnosed at facilities...
