AHA has expressed concern over CMS' recent decision to increase record requests by recovery audit contractors from hospitals with a high volume of Medicaid payments, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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Cleveland-based University Hospitals has opened 144-bed UH Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood, Ohio, the first new stand-alone hospital in Cuyahoga County (Ohio) in 30 years, according to a UH news release.
Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) plan to cosponsor legislation requiring HHS to publicize Medicare payments for physicians, which have been closed to the public for about 35 years, according to a report by The Hill. The two…
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, chastised CMS for postponing implementation of a recovery audit contractor program from Medicaid, according to a report by the Hill.
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The federal government is losing $48 billion a year in improper payments partly due to CMS' failure to adopt more money-saving tactics, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
Medicare Advantage plans have very high payment error rates, making them ripe for the proposed RAC program that will patrol Medicare Parts C and D, according to a report by John Paul Spencer in the RAConteur.
President Obama signed a short-term spending bill, averting a shutdown of the federal government for two weeks while Congress hashes out a longer-term plan, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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The Institute of Medicine has released a report summarizing a workshop series on trends in healthcare costs and healthcare experts' insights on methods to improve healthcare value, according to an IOM news release.