A former executive at Topeka-based Kansas Health Solutions has been charged with allegedly stealing more than $2 million in Medicaid funds, according to The Kansas City Star.
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The federal government loses 30 cents for every dollar earned from Medicaid and Medicare due to medical billing error and fraudulent practices, but some experts attribute a portion of this loss to confusion, according to Business 2 Community.
Volusia and Flagler counties in Florida will receive discounts from Medicaid to settle its debt, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
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Electronic health record vendor Allscripts struck up a deal with Microsoft and is expanding the types of outside applications that can be integrated with its EHR software, according to Information Week Healthcare.
Miami, Fla.-based Jackson Health System executives are exploring outsourcing both billing and collections services and emergency room physicians, according to the Miami Herald.
Four main obstacles exist for auditing electronic health records, according to Physicians Practice.
Aetna is advising certain recipients not to pay their hospital bills from Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J., according to NorthJersey.com.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted an interactive Provider Compliance Group Interactive Map to help providers determine state-specific organizations which provide Medicare auditing and compliance services, according to AAPC. The map includes contact information, email and websites for…