The Maine Health and Human Services Department has discovered Maine hospitals and social service programs have been allotted approximately $66 million in Medicaid overpayments, a result from changes in the state's claims processing system, according to a Bangor Daily News…
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In terms of healthcare costs, recent survey findings suggest Miami soars above all other parts of the country, clocking in at 35 percent higher than the national average for senior healthcare costs when costs are adjusted for local wages and…
A proposed measure to protect Idaho hospitals from negligence lawsuits is one step closer to becoming law, according to an NECN news report.
The automatic Medicare physicians fee cut, which would go into effect if Congress did not come through with another physician fee fix, would rise to 29.5 percent on Jan. 1, 2012, according to a CMS letter to MedPAC.
A new bill introduced by Democrats in the House would revive Build America Bonds and seven other federal financing programs for hospitals and other entities owned by states and localities, according to a release by House Ways and Means Committee…
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Bonner Investments is suing its former renter, Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, Wash., claiming a breach of contract after the hospital allegedly dismantled part of the facility to limit future competition, according to a Peninsula Daily News report. …
The Office of Civil Rights is offering HIPAA enforcement training sessions for States Attorneys General, aiming to aid them in investigating and seeking damages for HIPAA violations within their states, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.…
As cancer prevalence continues to rise in the U.S., demand increases for highly coordinated oncology networks that provide the best possible patient care closest to home. A Kurt Salmon study conducted in the fall of 2010 found that all regional…
As the health reform law now stands, American hospitals must trim $155 billion in waste over the next decade. But how will that happen? Job freezes and layoffs are no longer viable solutions. Asking staff to do more with less…
St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, which closed last year due to financial troubles, will reopen as a 24/7 emergency and ambulatory surgery center, according to a New York Times report.