In the past two years, the federal government has greatly increased its efforts to combat Medicare and Medicaid false claims and fraud by healthcare providers. In May of 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen…
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The CEOs of four of the five largest for-profit health insurers received pay increases last year despite tighter margins and eminent rate increases for members, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Moody's Investor Service has maintained its negative outlook for the non-profit hospital industry, citing the recent 0.4 percent net decrease for inpatient reimbursements by CMS, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Sushil Sheth, MD, a former Chicago-area cardiologist, has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $13 million in restitution for defrauding public and private health insurers, according to Chicago Tribune report.
Anne Rose, vice president for revenue cycle at Lee Memorial Health System, a five-hospital public system in Fort Myers, Fla., explains how Lee Memorial is trying to make billing more patient-friendly.
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President Tim Lavender and Executive Vice President Daryn Eudaly of Rainier Medical Investments discuss four trends in real estate investment trusts.
Tampa, Fla.-based health insurer WellCare announced it will pay $137.5 million to the federal government to settle ongoing investigations and $200 million to settle a class action suit related to alleged Florida Medicaid fraud, according to a Wall Street Journal…
TeamHealth has acquired Oklahoma City-based Morningstar Emergency Physicians, expanding its presence into Oklahoma and Kansas, according to a TeamHealth news release.
With House approval secured, a $16 billion package of enhanced federal Medicaid payments to states is being sent to President Obama for his signature, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual regulatory update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the proposed 2011…