Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Boston-based Caritas Christi Health Care have signed a five-year contract that would pay hospitals on a global payment system opposed to the current fee-for-service system, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
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The North Carolina Medical Society, along with other state physician groups, oppose a contract addendum sent by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina that the physicians say would allow the insurance provider to change fees at any time and…
Twelve specialty societies, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists and others whose members include pain physicians, have joined together to maintain coverage for facet joint injection procedures for Medicare beneficiaries in the areas covered by Noridian Administrative Service, according to…
The Healthcare Financial Management Association's Patient Friendly Billing Project will release a new report, Strategies for a High-Performance Revenue Cycle, which outlines strategies healthcare organizations can use to improve their revenue cycles, according to an HFMA release.
Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix has agreed to pay $675,000 to settle an alleged Medicare coding violation, according to a report by the Phoenix Business Journal.
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The AHA is providing member hospitals with an executive briefing book to help them prepare for the 2013 transition to the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases clinical coding system, according to the AHA.
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