Ohio union workers in more than 550 school districts, townships and other government units will experience an increase in healthcare costs if voters approve a collective bargaining law, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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Donald Berwick, MD, is pressing for nationwide innovation in quality of care as the leader of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, where errors, unnecessary care and other waste account for about one-third of the $1 trillion taxpayers spend annually on…
Employers' healthcare costs are expected to exceed $10,000 per employee for the first time in 2012, according to a study from human resources consultant Aon Hewitt.
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.
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.
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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…
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.