In response to provider lawsuits on low Medicaid reimbursements, which will be heard by the Supreme Court, HHS plans to issue new rules clarifying how much state Medicaid programs must pay hospitals and other providers, according to a report by…
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Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health has agreed to pay $340,000 to eight healthcare workers to settle allegations that the system withdrew job offers to individuals with latex allergies, according to a news release from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity…
U.S. hospitals billed nearly $1.2 trillion in total charges in 2008 for inpatient hospitalizations, according to a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The report, titled “The National Hospital Bill: The Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2008,”…
The former CEO and COO of Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville, Miss., has been accused of involvement in kickbacks and bribery conspiracy, among other federal charges, according to a Clarion-Ledger report. Raymond L. Shoemaker of Tupleo, Miss., has been charged…
Patient mortality has been linked to hospital shifts with low nurse staffing levels and high patient turnover, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers at University of California-Los Angeles estimated the risk of death…
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Health insurers' decisions on applications and claims vary widely and are frequently reversed on appeal, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer revealed a new plan to trim the state's Arizona Health Care and Cost Containment System, which scales back her original plans to cut 280,000 enrollees from the program, but it fails to include an Arizona Hospital…
North Carolina legislators have approved a plan to tax hospitals in the state in order to generate funds for the state's Medicaid program, according to an NBC-17 report.
Outpatient spine surgery is predicted to grow 300 percent between 2005 and 2015, according to Chris Bishop, partner and senior vice president of acquisitions for Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. This growth is driven in large part due to improvement…
Amy McKiernan, administrator of Louisville (Ky.) Surgery Center, who runs a multi-specialty ASC with two ORs and seven pre-op/recovery bays, discusses tactics to overcome space constraints in a small ASC.