Charles Turner pled guilty to a conspiracy charge related to his involvement in a scam that allegedly cost Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain Empire Surgery Center $1.3 million, according to Kingsport Tennessee Times-News.
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After news leaked of potential budget cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., criticized Senate Republicans saying the cuts would "kill people," The Hill reports.
Are bundled payments right for your ASC? They very well might be.
An Avalere analysis found many specialties may face payment adjustments in 2018 under CMS' Merit-based Incentive Payment System.
Senate Democrats allege that Republicans are cutting $1 trillion-plus from Medicaid and $470 billion-plus from Medicare in their proposed budget resolution, The Hill reports.
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Funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program lapsed Sept. 30, putting 9 million children who have coverage at risk, NPR reports.
Starting this fall, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina will sell Medicare Advantage plans in 23 state counties during open enrollment, according to Post and Courier.
U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton sentenced cosmetic surgeon David Morrow, MD, to 20 years in federal prison for defrauding health insurance companies of tens of millions of dollars, according to Insurance News. He fled after pleading guilty to fraud and…
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said a bipartisan fix to the ACA could be ready sometime this week, the Tennessean reports.
Slightly more physicians prefer a single-payer healthcare system compared to a multiple-payer system, a MDLinx.com survey found.