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The Office of the Inspector General has discovered that some nursing homes are charging Medicare more then they should for resource utilization groups, and they want to put a stop to it.
In a move that dramatically changes how it pays end-stage renal disease facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday issued a final rule that will allow payment adjustments based on how well facilities meet dialysis performance standards.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has announced that it will refocus its community involvement and charity efforts in four areas: Healthy child development, education enrichment, healthy environments and family nutrition and sustainable healthcare.
Hospital designers are turning to nurses to help design better care space, according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
IPC The Hospitalist Company, a national hospitalist group practice firm, has acquired a Kansas City-area hospitalist practice, establishing a presence for the first time in that region.
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prepares to upgrade its computer systems and begins to award incentive payments to eligible meaningful users of electronic health records, the Office of the Inspector General is positioning itself for its monitoring responsibilities. Medicare and Medicaid information systems and data security falls under the oversight of the OIG, as outlined in its work plan for 2011.
A two-hospital system in Ohio has come up with a unique way to pay for its new electronic medical record system: Selling the leasing rights to its non-hospital properties.
Citing low reimbursement rates that could threaten its ability to provide medical care to all patients, Appalachian Regional Healthcare on Monday filed a lawsuit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and its Bureau for Medical Services for inadequate Medicaid reimbursement rates.
Healthcare Trust of America, a non-traded, real estate investment trust, has acquired a five-building, five-state portfolio of medical office properties for more than $84 million.
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, is pressuring President Barack Obama's administration to defend how it has spent money fighting Medicare fraud, including the addition of new fraud-fighting IT.