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A growing number of patients across the United States are finding a facility fee in addition to the traditional physician's fee on their medical bills for physician office visits, according to a report by the Washington Post.
Hospitals and insurers are opposing changes to the latest Senate healthcare reform bill that would reduce penalties for individuals who do not enroll in health plans, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The HHS Office of Inspector General has issued its Work Plan that describes kinds of healthcare activities it will be scrutinize and possibly investigate and prosecute in fiscal year 2010, according to a release by the Office of the HHS…
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is proposing a 0.5 percent increase in Medicare reimbursements for physicians in 2011 and 2012, rather than a one-year fix in reimbursements proposed by Sen. Max Baucus in his health reform bill, according to a…
Large hospitals in Washington State lost a bid to have the federal government provide additional reimbursements for treating uninsured patients, according to a report in The Seattle Times.
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reports that 33 states cut or froze Medicaid payment rates to providers in Fiscal Year 2009 and more (39) plan to do so in FY 2010, according to a release from the…
Newport (R.I.) Hospital lost $15.6 million in the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, but Newport Health Care Corp., the hospital's parent organization, maintained its A+ rating from Fitch Ratings, according to a report in the Providence Business News.
Natchez (Miss.) Regional Medical Center will end its fiscal year with a profit for the first time in five years, according to a report in The Natchez Democrat.
Admissions at Tenet Healthcare grew by 0.2 percent from July 1 to Sept. 8 compared with the same period last year, but the growth came from uninsured admissions, according to a release by Tenet.
Downey (Calif.) Regional Medical Center-Hospital has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, according to a DRMC news release on Reuters.