The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the list of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes that do not require either an HCPCS –QR or –Q0 modifier for implantable cardiac device services provided in a clinical study, according to an article…
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Proceedings began in New York State Supreme Court to settle a seven-year long dispute between Anesthesia Associates of Mount Kisco and North Westchester Hospital, according to a report in The Journal News.
Proceedings began in New York State Supreme Court to settle a seven-year long dispute between Anesthesia Associates of Mount Kisco and North Westchester Hospital, according to a report in The Journal News.
Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD, president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, reacted to President Obama's signing of the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, saying the new law required "continued scrutiny, action and involvement by ASA and…
A group of physicians planning a hospital in Hammond, Ind., received a $7 million bond for the project from federal stimulus funds but is considering how to move forward now that the health reform law will ban new physician-owned hospitals,…
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A bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate would eliminate West Tennessee Healthcare's Jackson-Madison General Hospital's antitrust exemption, which allows it to negotiate exclusive contracts with health insurers, according to a report by the Jackson Sun.
After a day of political wrangling and arm-twisting, Georgia's Senate approved a 1.45 percent tax on hospitals' patient revenue that would raise roughly $170 million, according to a report in The Atlanta Journal Constitution. The bill, HB 307, passed 31-15,…
CMS should improve payment processes that allowed $231 million in overpayments identified by Recovery Audit Contractors in the three-year demonstration phase of the RAC program, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
A Georgia bill passed by the House that would levy a 1.45 percent tax on hospitals to make up Medicaid shortfalls has stalled in the Senate, according to a report by Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Jim Witt, president and CEO of Mokena, Ill.-based Provena Health, is supporting his U.S. Congressman's vote in support of federal health reform, according to a report by the Daily Herald.