CMS will start an immediate recoupment process for demanded overpayments, according to an AAPC report.
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A new public-private partnership between the state of Kentucky and the Kentucky Cancer Foundation aims to provide colon cancer screenings for 4,000 uninsured state residents, according to a report from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Regulators and physicians are hoping to limit the use of a new weight loss pill that carries heightened safety risks to patients, according to a Fox News report.
Jim Fitzgerald will retire from his senior executive roles at hospital chain HCA Healthcare on May 31, according to a report from The Tennessean.
The FDA has reached a $1 million civil money penalty settlement with Globus Medical Inc. for the distribution of unapproved medical devices, according to an FDA news release.
The top 1 percent of people under 65 with commercial health insurance account for 25 percent of healthcare costs, according to a report by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
Otolaryngologist R.J. Legreid II, MD, has joined the ENT department of BayCare Clinic in Green Bay, Wis., according to a news release from BayCare Clinic.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has joined 35 other medical organizations in urging concern and requesting assistance from the Social Security Administration regarding their decision to stop sharing death report data from the Social Security Death Master File.
Researchers say that pain patients taking long term, high doses of opioids should be screened for hormonal abnormalities, according to a report in Medpage Today.
Researchers in Switzerland are developing a "bar code" allowing physicians to measure a patient’s pain level using scientific data, according to American News Report.