Dive Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of commercial health insurers arguing they are owed $ 12 billion under the Affordable Care Act’s risk corridor program. The 8-1 decision, with only Justice Samuel Alito dissenting, found that the ACA “established a money-mandating obligation, that Congress did not repeal this obligation” and… Read More: Supreme Court rules for payers in $12B risk corridors case »
In case you are unaware of the potentially sexually charged atmosphere of an orthopaedic clinic, we point you in the direction of the erotic tome that is Advanced Examination Techniques in Orthopaedics. It was brought to Twitter’s attention by Kate Ahmad, a neurologist in Sydney who tweeted “If you don’t think women in medicine have… Read More: A textbook case of sexism in medicine? – The Guardian »
You might say it was a case of divine intervention when Calvin Huit heard his minister deliver a sermon on faith six years ago. The previous three weeks had been rough. As a hearing aid user for more than 18 years without incident, Huit had just replaced three pairs of hearing aids. Calvin Huit with… Read More: The AidKeeper: One man’s journey to create an indestructible hearing… »
Huntington Comprehensive Treatment Center in West Virginia West Virginia-based Acadia Healthcare, along with subsidiary CRC Health, has agreed to dole out $ 17 million to settle accusations of fraud, representing the largest fraud-related settlement in the history of the state, according to a settlement agreement released this week. CRC Health had been accused of collecting… Read More: Acadia Healthcare to pay $17 million in settlement of Medicare… »