A federal jury in Tacoma awarded close to $1.4 million to Lori Cook, finding the former billing manager at Harrison Medical Center was fired in retaliation after reporting billing irregularities, according to a report from The Seattle Times.
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This week, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans to file a downward rate adjustment for small group customers.
Though a further delay of the ICD-10 transition seems unlikely, many physicians are still holding out hope. A study conducted by QuantiaMD has found 62 percent of physicians believe there should be another ICD-10 delay, according to a Healthcare Informatics…
CareCloud and health IT company MCIS have partnered to offer a cloud-based solution for large, ambulatory medical practices.
M*Modal has released a comprehensive clinical documentation improvement platform, which will be demonstrated at the 2015 HIMSS conference on April 12 to 16 in Chicago.
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The clearinghouse ClaimRemedi has partnered with Complete Medical Solutions to help healthcare providers prepare for the transition to ICD-10.
An industry of patient and medical billing advocates help guide patients on dealing with medical bills and insurance companies, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. These patient advocate professionals help fight denied claims, file appeals, secure insurer…
The Health Information Trust Alliance, a collaboration of public and private healthcare technology, privacy and information security leaders, has begun a comprehensive study of targeted cyber attacks in healthcare.
CMS has announced registration for the 2015 Physician Quality Reporting System Group Reporting Option via the Physician Value-PQRS Registration System is now open.
Just 25 percent of providers have begun external testing for ICD-10, according to the latest study from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.