http://www.modernhealthcare.com Legislation and Regulation en-us 144 21 http://www.modernhealthcare.com http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EST In 1989 and 1990, federal courts ordered two hospitals in Rockford, Ill., to stop merger talks after concluding that the combined organization would threaten competition and gain too much clout at the bargaining table with insurers. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20111128/MAGAZINE/311289947 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EST Expanded and more aggressive accounting has cut the rate of improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid, according to the Obama administration, but providers worry they're bearing increasing costs from those initiatives. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20111121/MAGAZINE/311219972 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:01:00 EST The Federal Trade Commission on Friday announced it will once again challenge a proposed merger between competing hospitals in Rockford, Ill., citing fears that the consolidation could increase costs and lower quality of care. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20111121/MAGAZINE/311219968 Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:01:00 EST The two public hearings on the proposed sale of the Colorado Health Foundation's 40% interest in the HealthOne joint venture to majority partner HCA included new demands for Colorado Attorney General John Suthers to require more guarantees regarding... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20111003/MAGAZINE/310039871 Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:01:00 EST Drug pedigree laws in place in 29 states have done little to deter a largely unregulated gray market in which secondary distributors sell drugs in short supply to hospitals and health systems. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20111003/MAGAZINE/310039886 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:30:00 EST Gov. Patrick Quinn has taken the Illinois Hospital Association's advice and asked the state's department of revenue to hold off on future rulings that would deny tax-exempt status to not-for-profit hospitals. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20110922/NEWS/309229988 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:01:00 EST Margaret Hamburg wants small businesses and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to get to know each other better. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20110715/INFO/307159979 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:01:00 EST Medicare's congressional advisory panel issued its annual recommendations on improving the program amid the government's negotiations over ways to control historic deficits. The timing could give the group's cost-savings suggestions a greater chance... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20110620/MAGAZINE/306209933 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:01:00 EST Tax-exempt hospitals facing new billing and collection disclosures gained a few extra months to lobby for changes after the Internal Revenue Service postponed reporting by one year. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20110620/MAGAZINE/306209932 Mon, 23 May 2011 00:01:00 EST Federal officials and healthcare providers are torn between a push to adopt information technology as quickly and broadly as possible and the rival demands of securing their patients' private electronic data. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20110523/MAGAZINE/305239980