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The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is currently contemplating whether hospitals and physicians can challenge Medicare Recovery Auditor reviews that audit claims that are more than one year old, and the court has asked for more friend-of-the-court briefs to…

For fiscal year 2013, Alabama is projected to spend $5.77 billion for Medicaid services, and lawmakers are maneuvering to make sure the program for the poor receives full state and federal funding, according to a Birmingham News report.

Physician compensation plans for hospital-employed physicians are always centered around "reasonableness" and fair market value, but there are some common practices hospitals can use to build up to those decisions, according to an article from Integrated Healthcare Strategies.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare reported a profit of $4.7 million in the first quarter of 2012, far above the $400,000 in net income it recorded in the first quarter last year.

Researchers sought to find how many times clinicians can consecutively don face N95 filtering facepiece respirators without compromising the fit of those protective equipment, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

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