Insurance coverage requirements for mental health and substance use disorders (“MH/SUDs”) is changing in a way that impacts group health plans, employers, and behavioral health providers. These changes are due to final rules...more
Conscientious objection in health care is the refusal of a health care professional to provide or participate in the delivery of a legal, medically appropriate health care service to a patient because of personal beliefs. ...more
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On May 1st, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced investigations into two hospitals that did not provide necessary stabilizing treatment to a pregnant individual experiencing an emergency medical...more
Since the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which the Court determined that the authority to regulate abortion rests with the political branches, i.e. legislatures, and not the courts,...more
The headlines keep coming – chief executives being indicted for fraud and millions being paid by hospitals for improper billing practices and by physician groups for making illegal referrals or billing for unnecessary...more