Missouri healthcare providers are most frequently shortchanged by the Medicare program, according to an annual report issued by CMS last week and reported in the Kansas City Business Journal.
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance published new rankings of health insurance plans today, giving individuals a way to compare plans and seek out quality, according to a Consumer Reports report.
Amitai Etzioni, a professor at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., recently wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post that encourages lawmakers and healthcare leaders to focus on cutting costs before reducing reimbursement.
In fiscal year 2010 ending Sept. 30, Medicare recovery audit contractors identified and corrected $75.4 million in overpayments, according to a CMS report. Medicare RACs also restored $16.9 million in underpayments back to providers. According to the report, there were…
The Supreme Court will kick off its 2011-2012 term today by hearing oral arguments in Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California, et al., a case that will determine whether or not Medicaid beneficiaries and providers are able to…
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Here are 20 benchmarks on payor mix in ambulatory surgery centers, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
The degree of success for a facility's ICD-10 transition hinges on the ability of physicians and nurses to comply with new documentation requirements, according to a Search Health IT report.
Indiana-based physician billing management company Zotec Partners has expanded operations by acquiring Medical Business Service, a medical billing firm based in Florida, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.
Saginaw-based St. Mary's of Michigan will pay the government $3.49 million after disclosing its billing for chemotherapy treatments at a Huron Medical Center clinic did not comply with Medicare and Medicaid requirements, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
University of Minnesota Physicians group was recently reclassified from "physician office services" to "outpatient hospitals," increasing out-of-pocket costs for some Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield members as their medical billing switches from a co-pay to a deductible plus coinsurance, according…