Many were concerned that delays in care inflicted by COVID restrictions also would potentially delay diagnoses, causing undue harm for patients.

Federal investigations that began in 2019 into Amazon’s potential abuse of power and consumer privacy violations may soon come to fruition with lawsuits to block the company's monopoly status, Politico reported. 

Diagnostic Imaging Associates billed CMS for both service components, but the hospital was ineligible for reimbursement, the DOJ said.

Delays in determinations were "harming members’ practices" by holding up payments for services, the ACR said. 

The DOJ first filed suit more than a year ago, arguing the $8B, all-cash deal would stifle competition in the claims-processing and health insurance marketplaces. 

“My takeaway: Commercial negotiated price reflects hospitals’ market power,” the JAMA study's author told Radiology Business. 

Gregory Auzenne, MD, a pain management specialist from Meridian, Mississippi, has been sentenced in connection with a $515 million fraud scheme over pain cream.

Meanwhile, the commission called such agreements an “exploitative practice that suppresses wages, hampers innovation, and blocks entrepreneurs from starting new businesses."