Medicare pays physicians for medical direction of nurse anesthetists at 50 percent of the reimbursement they would receive if they performed the work alone. CMS says physicians will be paid for medical direction of two to four concurrent cases provided…
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After Senate Democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority in a Massachusetts special election, President Obama told ABC News he would consider scaling back Congressional health reform legislation, according to a transcript of the ABC News interview.
Charles C. Njoku, MD, of Powell, Ohio, and Veronica Scott-Guiler of Orient, Ohio, were indicted on 14 counts of making false statements tied to healthcare payments, one count of healthcare fraud and four counts of illegal distribution of controlled substances,…
With health reform, President Obama had a great opportunity to correct some rampant flaws in the healthcare system. But for several reasons, which I'll itemize, the reform process has become its own worst enemy. The election in Massachusetts is the…
As the health reform bill, with its ban on physician-owned hospitals, flounders in Congress, officials at the Physician Hospitals of America are cautiously optimistic that the ban may not take place.
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The Healthcare Association of New York State opposes New York Gov. David Paterson's proposal to cut $1 billion from healthcare spending in fiscal year 2011, according to a release from HANYS.
The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bill that would allow parents of adult children to sue medical providers for pain and suffering if their children died as a result of medical negligence, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
The election of Republican Scott Brown, an opponent of the Democrats' health reform bill, as the new U.S. senator from Massachusetts has left Congressional Democrats divided on how to complete the reform process, according to a report by the New…
The California Department of Managed Health Care has set maximum wait times for HMO patients who request appointments with physicians and is the first state to do so, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
Reliant Healthcare Partners expressed its concerns over plans to build 13 rehabilitation hospitals across Texas because the health system has recruited physician investors for the projects, according to a report in The Dallas Morning News.