Ohio hospitals want to keep paying franchise fees if Gov. John Kasich promises to retain current Medicaid reimbursement levels, according to a report by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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DCS, the Region A recovery audit contractor covering the Northeast, has overturned its automated reviews of untimed codes, according to a notice on the DCS website.
A random survey of claims by the Medicare Part B carrier in five states has uncovered average error rates of 50-90 percent for E/M codes, according to a report by Part B News.
The average per-capita costs of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 6.06 percent over the year ending Dec. 2010, according to a Standard & Poor’s news release. The S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index found healthcare…
The sustainability craze has reached the healthcare industry, as designers look to build new, state-of-the-art "green" facilities and existing hospitals upgrade their energy policies. Jeff Hull, director of architecture, construction, and real estate with Idaho based St. Luke's Health System…
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In southeastern Pennsylvania, payors’ downgrades of hospitals’ inpatient claims to observation status increased by more than 45 percent from Jan. to Aug. 2010, according to a report by the Philadelphia Business Journal. A survey of 29 hospitals by the Delaware…
With the challenges in our current healthcare environment, every hospital needs to be focused on cost reduction. Containing and reducing indirect expenses is as important as finding new sources of revenue to improve the financial health of an organization. Monitoring…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals has released financial results for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, reporting increased revenue but a decline in profit of 5.3 percent, compared to the same quarter a year prior.
Board members of the Public Health Trust, which oversees Miami-Dade County Jackson Health System asked county commissioners for a $32 million cash advance to keep the hospital open through the summer, according to a Miami Herald report.
The Oklahoma House Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Health has voted unanimously to approve legislation that would assess a hospital provider fee on hospitals in the state in order to generate revenue for the state's Medicaid program, according to a Bloomberg…