The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced that it does not support the current Medicare Physician Fee Fix in the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010, as it does not provide provisions to fix the sustainable growth rate,…
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A new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation predicts that states will bear only a small part of the financial burden of Medicaid expansion provisions set in place by the healthcare reform law, with the federal government covering most of…
Q: There is a continuing dispute at our surgery center regarding body mass index requirements/restrictions for patients. Our current policy states that BMI less than 39 is acceptable. Many of our surgeons (especially ophthalmologists) are arguing that a 39 BMI…
The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to dismiss the state of Virginia's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law to require most Americans to have health insurance by 2014, according to an AHA News Now…
Leading healthcare policymakers are excoriating the proposed three-year physician payment fix because it just puts a patch over systemic problems, according to a report by Politico.
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Inglewood, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services will pay $1.2 million to settle an investigation by state regulators for improperly balance billing HMO patients for services not covered by their insurers, according to a report by the San Francisco Gate.
Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic will sell its Center for Advanced Imaging to Lake Forest, Calif.-based InSight Health Corp., following approval from the Federal Trade Commission, according to a report by the Roanoke Times.
New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney has objected to a proposed affiliation between Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center, according to a report by the Union Leader.
The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and The Christ Hospital in Mount Auburn, Ohio, have agreed to pay $108 million to settle claims they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
New templates and resources are available for anesthesiologists to help them comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services new Interpretive Guidelines for hospital Conditions of Participation, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.