The American Hospital Association has briefed Congressional representatives on the importance of extending the Medicare-dependent hospital program and the low-volume hospital payment adjustment, according to an AHA News Now report.
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has stated that a coalition of senators are willing to shut down the government to prevent the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from taking effect, according to a report by The Hill.
Current and former nurses at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wis., will receive a settlement of $3.5 million in a class action lawsuit claiming the hospital did not pay the nurses for meal breaks spent on-call, according to a Wisconsin…
Claims that Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has engaged in monopolistic activities have been dismissed by a federal judge, according to a Lexology report.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has released an updated draft of legislation that would repeal and replace the sustainable growth rate formula used to calculate Medicare reimbursements, a bipartisan move towards physician payment reform, according to a report by…
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The most common cause for a medical malpractice claim is a provider's failure or delay in diagnosis, according to a new study published in BMJ Open.
After a longstanding review with the HHS Office of Inspector General, 306-bed Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md., has refunded $568,420 to the government for Medicare overpayments for certain physician services.
A misunderstanding of Medicare requirements and a lack of education led Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer, Mass., to overbill the government $101,138, according to a report from the HHS' Office of Inspector General.
Reports from the HHS' Office of Inspector General have found two major hospitals in Kansas had inpatient billing errors leading to Medicare overpayments.
A cross-industry coalition of 50 organizations, including the American Hospital Association, has sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging action to confront patent assertion entities, also known as patent trolls.