Diana Manos
PHYSICIANS MAY have gained a small reprieve with the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act in July. The bill, if it remains veto-proof as expected, would halt the 10.6 pe...
WASHINGTON - Physicians can rest easy for at least another year. On July 15, Congress approved the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331), passed July 9,...
A study conducted by the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) has found hospitals have made strides in improving quality of care over the past two years, with they still have a long way to go....
The Department of Health and Human Services has levied a $100,000 fine on Seattle-based Providence Health and Services for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...
Physicians can rest easy for at least another year. In a Tuesday night vote, Congress easily cleared the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331) with enough v...
A new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicates the federal government recovered nearly $700 million in improper Medicare payments through its recovery audit contractors (RA...
Though it's still on the horizon, the anticipated change from the current ICD-9 Medicare physician and hospital billing code systems to ICD-10 could cost healthcare providers a hefty amount of money,...
After a series of failed attempts to stall a 10.6 percent Medicare physician pay cut, Congress has approved a veto-proof fix. The new law will halt the July 1 pay cut for the rest of 2008 and provide...
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at providing healthcare coverage to the more than 40 million uninsured Americans and laying the groundwork for universal cover...
WASHINGTON - Just when doctors thought things couldn’t get much worse, experts say, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has thrown another wrench into the already difficult transiti...