Reimbursement
IBM and Premier healthcare alliance plan to integrate health information from across hospitals and other healthcare sites, creating a model that Premier and IBM executives say will benefit more than 2,400 hospitals and thousands of other healthcare sites.
Orlando's Florida Hospital, billed as the largest and busiest hospital in the United States, has entered into an agreement with ERIS Medical Technologies to implement that company's automated .net charge capture software.
Seven of the many applicants to the Rural Health Program Awards, funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND), together will receive $375,000 in funding for 2011.
The MED Group has launched a new website aimed at answering Medicare beneficiaries' questions and offering sources for durable medical equipment under the new competitive bidding rules that took effect on January 1.
Vitality, Inc. and AT&T announced Tuesday that wirelessly connected Vitality "smart" GlowCaps are now available on Amazon.com.
CMS has posted an "emergency update" to the 2011 Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) files, reflecting recent statutory changes and certain technical corrections.
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.
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.
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.