CaptureRx Hit with Class Action Suit Over Data Breach: Report

Accusing Mercy Iowa City of shifting blame for its “prolonged” financial deterioration that preceded “a bankruptcy fire sale process for a mere $20 million,” bondholders have asked a judge to appoint an examiner to investigate the hospital’s downfall and answer key questions.

Any day now, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release the 2024 home health final payment rule.

The Federal Trade Commission and the antitrust division of the Department of Justice jointly issued proposed merger guidelines July 18, which could complicate health care mergers by adding more detailed criteria to the review process. If enacted, the changes could also slow or derail UPMC’s planned affiliation with Washington Health System, experts say.

This comes as the public health emergency’s end also nears, potentially disrupting telehealth allowances and ending flexible controlled substances regulations.