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The Supreme Court justices listened to arguments March 26 about whether or not they have jurisdiction in the lawsuit brought by 26 states led by Florida against the federal government over the constitutionality of the health reform law.
On average, roughly 10 percent of all healthcare claims are initially denied and require additional work on the part of the provider to secure payment. One industry expert offers a three-part plan for reducing the impact of denials on the revenue cycle.
The government's Office of the Inspector General has found that Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital received $1.5 million in overpayments because the hospital didn't fully understand Medicare billing requirements.
Many of us are eagerly anticipating the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which President Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010.
A new Harris Poll released today shows only a narrow gap between those who oppose the two-year-old health law (41 percent) and those who support it (36 percent). A sizable portion of people (23 percent) still are unsure if they support or oppose it, even as large numbers of respondents said they aren't sure what is and isn't in the law.
The tortuous roots of the individual mandate will be tested this week as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), but it's only one of the pieces the Justices will be hearing about the law.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has been cracking down recently on Medicare overpayments to hospitals.
Following decades of public policy work, for the last seven years, economist Karen Davis has led one of the country's most high-profile foundations working to promote a top-notch healthcare system.
The ruling promises to produce historic change and uncertainty in how healthcare will be delivered and paid for in the future.
Campaigning in Louisiana before the primary there, GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney sounded a lot like arch rival Rick Santorum on healthcare.