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  Hobby Lobby tests birth-control mandate

  By Kristen Wyatt  |  May 24, 2013

  The company objects to having to cover the morning-after pill.

• Federal court lets N.Y. benefits case move forward

  By Allison Bell  |  January 1, 2013

  Federal courts should put off looking at employer challenges to the birth control benefits mandate, because the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other departments will be releasing new regulations designed to address religious employers’ objections by August 1, 2013, according to lawyers for the government.

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  Federal court lets N.Y. benefits case move forward

  By Allison Bell  |  December 7, 2012

  A judge says proposed birth control benefits regulations are already hurting the plaintiffs.

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  Could HHS Be Default Healthcare Regulator in Half the Country?

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  June 28, 2012

  At least half the states are not ready for full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's exchange regulations. Will HHS extend deadlines?

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  Shenandoah Life Successfully Exits Receivership

  By Noah Guillaume  |  May 9, 2012

  After three years in receivership, Shenandoah Life Insurance Co. made a successful exit following a $60 million capital infusion from Prosperity Life Insurance Group LLC. Hans Carstensen, former head of Aviva Life, has been named president and CEO.

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  The Catch: But Wait, There's More!

  By Allison Bell  |  April 12, 2012

  Another challenge to the constitutionality of PPACA, a single-provider bill, and more.

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  Tenet Underpayments and Overpayments Yield Settlements with HHS, DOJ

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  April 12, 2012

  One settlement yields $84 million to Tenet, the other results in a payment of $42.75 million to the government.

• Feds: Detecting Possible Home Health Care Fraud Took 5 Years

  By Normaan Merchant, Associated Press  |  March 1, 2012

  Authorities say reviewers missed signs that one doctor was certifying an unusually high number of beneficiaries.

• Hospitals to Pay $12M to Settle Medicare Upcoding Case

  By Associated Press  |  February 8, 2012

  Officials have accused the defendants of turning outpatient procedures into more lucrative inpatient procedures.

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  The Catch: Nov. 8

  By Allison Bell  |  November 8, 2011

  Allison Bell looks at a new ACO reinsurance provider, a CMS coverage satisfaction survey, and more.