CMS recently released revisions to its Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals (S&C 11-36-Hospital/CAH) to clarify patients' rights concerning designation of representatives.
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The corruption trial for New York Assemblyman William F. Boyland, Jr., has begun in Manhattan federal court, with prosecutors alleging Mr. Boyland accepted bribes from executives at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn in return for advocating for…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Center for Health Statistics plans to test the integration of its National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey into the National Hospital Care Survey in 2012.
New York City has agreed to pay $70 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the city’s personal-care services program overbilled Medicaid for millions of dollars, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The program is part of Medicaid and is…
A jury has determined that anesthesiologist Richard Todd, MD, did not provide adequate anesthesia care to a patient who died in his care, according to a WCAX report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on Dr. Richard Todd.
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Medicare Part B premiums will increase by $3.50 per month for most beneficiaries, totaling $99.90 per month, and this figure is lower than expected, according to a news release from the Department of Health and Human Services.
President Obama is expected to sign an executive order today instructing the FDA to act on increasing drug shortages, a USA Today report said.
Research published in Health Affairs suggests that up to 22.4 million people may enroll in Medicaid by 2019 as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
Republican members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has offered an alternative to Democrats' recommendations on how to find more than $1 trillion in savings, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Suppliers of the technical component of advanced diagnostic imaging services, including physicians, non-physician practitioners and independent diagnostic testing facilities, will face Medicare denials if not accredited by Jan. 1, 2012, according to a CMS report (pdf).