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MALVERN, PA – In an effort to reduce the tens of billions of dollars lost each year in medical fraud and billing errors, Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced a “smart card”...
WASHINGTON – Healthcare IT adoption may be painful, but the fruits are well worth it, according to Brent James, MD, vice president of medical research and executive director of the Institut...
Outside forces are shaping how healthcare organizations are managing their revenue cycles. Regulation changes and the consumer-directed healthcare movement are the main agents of change....
AHA weighs in on rehab facility PPS, 75 percent rule The American Hospital Association is urging regulatory action on the “75 percent rule” in the proposed rule for th...
WASHINGTON – Responding to concerns that private fee-for-service plans for Medicare are not being accurately marketed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a suspension...
WASHINGTON – The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recently urged Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adopt and refine various methodologies for determining provider...
Charitable giving has taken a significant downturn for the nation’s charity hospitals, as individual donations of at least $1 million to not-for-profit facilities in the first three months of 20...
Providers and health plans are locked in a competitive struggle for the upper hand to gain market share and patients. Their focus is not on delivering value or reducing the cost of care – i...
Medicare officials this week announced a new effort to combat fraudulent billing in two areas of the country that are considered hotbeds of bilking the public program. Dur...
WASHINGTON – A coalition of large employers has proposed a standardized approach for delivering health and retirement benefits. The ERISA Industry Committee unveiled its New B...