A new study published in the Annals of Surgery reported that complication rates were higher among re-admitted patients at a considerable cost, according to a Medscape report.
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Planning and preparation should keep practices' accounts receivable from altogether stalling once ICD-10 implementation hits in October 2014, according to a Healthcare Finance News report.
CMS has updated its 1500 Claim Form to prepare for the ICD-10 code set.
Indianapolis-based Zotec Partners has acquired Medical Management Professionals, a medical billing and practice management company.
Aetna has agreed to pay up to $120 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the insurer underpaid physicians for out-of-network services, according to a Law360 report. Read the article at Becker’s Hospital Review.
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SourceMedical appointed Richard Barnes to serve as its regional vice president of sales in the western region, located in Birmingham, Ala.
Medicare inappropriately filled $6 million in claims for diabetes testing strips in 2011, according to a report from HHS' Office of the Inspector General.
The gap between Medicare payment rates and physician practice expenses continues to grow, according to a Medscape report.
As managed care contracts move away from grouper-based methodologies, it's common for payers to casually refer to their new methodology as "Medicare-based;" in reality, however, it is very rare that a payer strictly follows Medicare's payment methodology for commercial products.…
Physicians may be able to recoup costs for the discarded, unused portion of a drug, according to AAPC.