A U.S. legal doctrine that holds corporate officers liable for company wrongdoing has been invoked in some recent high-profile healthcare prosecutions. The “responsible corporate officer” doctrine allows for prison terms of up to one year for misdemeanor violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, but in the past, defendants have received only probation…. Read more »
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Healthcare Organizations Urge Congressional Super Committee Members Not to Cut Medicaid and Medicare Funding
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Long Term Care Workers (ULTCW) and a group of partner organizations recently sent an open letter to the members of the Congressional Super Committee working on deficit reduction, calling on Committee members to use their “conscience as their compass” when deliberating solutions to the national debt. SEIU ULTCW’s major… Read more »
New Bill Introduced to Improve Patient Care & Curtail Nurse Shortage
This June, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) introduced legislation that would establish a federal minimum of nurse-to-patient ratios at all hospitals and offer whistleblower protection, giving nurses the right to seek enforcement of staffing standards. Aimed at decreasing mortality rates and preventing medical errors, the legislation would require that hospitals and direct care nurses work together… Read more »
ACOs – How They Will Work
In our last post, we discussed the basics of ACOs: what they are and why they have become such a hot topic in the healthcare industry. Before ACOs officially launch in January 2012, there are many details still to be worked out, both within the industry and by potential patients. How would ACOs be paid?… Read more »
An Introduction to ACOs
Those involved in the healthcare industry will be hearing a lot about accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the coming months. As presented on seven pages of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed into law last March, the stated purpose of ACOs is to offer doctors and hospitals financial incentives to provide good… Read more »