The nationwide rollout of the permanent Recovery Audit Contractor program is currently underway, and providers in all states need to be prepared for these privately contracted auditors unleashed by Medicare to weed out improper payments. RAC experts offer the following…
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A day after Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) unveiled his healthcare reform bill, Pres. Obama accelerated a program providing $25 million total in grants to states and health systems to test new ways of handling medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a…
The healthcare reform bill recently released by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) does not include minimum requirements for charity care for nonprofit hospitals, according to a report in Wall Street Journal's Health Blog.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mike Nakagawa lifted a hold that could possibly delay the first three trials regarding the Nevada hepatitis C outbreak that involved the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas and its sister clinics, according to a…
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced HR 3556, which would provide a mechanism for healthcare providers and suppliers to disclose actual and potential violations of the physician self-referral law, according to a release form Rep. McDermott's office.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has unveiled an $856 billion healthcare reform bill that would eliminate the controversial public insurance option in the House Democrats' bill.
Tom Priselac, chairman of the American Hospital Association, testified before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and commended some of the provisions in the HR 3200, the House healthcare reform bill, according to an AHA news release.
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that most physicians support a public option for healthcare reform.
Franklin Beltre, DPM, of Houston was arrested on charges he defrauded Medicare and Medicaid at his clinic in San Juan, Texas, according to a report in The Monitor.
John Carroll, a former vice president of construction and facilities for Cleveland, Ohio-based MetroHealth System, has pleaded guilty to accepting more than $600,000 in bribes for "inflated" hospital construction contracts, according to a report by the Plain Dealer.