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A federal judge in Tennessee has awarded the U.S. government $82.6 million from three renal care companies that overbilled Medicare for home dialysis from 1999-2005, according to a Forbes report. U.S. District Judge William J. Haynes Jr. ruled that Nashville-based…
Health IT advisors are discussing whether a delay of Stage 2 of meaningful use could give healthcare providers more time to transition to ICD-10 code sets, according to a report by Government Health IT.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has added on-site billing services at Duke University Health System, the fourth location to benefit from the "on-site service model" provided by the payor, according to a Triangle Business Journal report.
Dale Hockel, vice president of clinical engineering services at TriMedx, which provides healthcare equipment services for clinics, hospitals, imaging centers and surgery centers, itemizes five sticky situations in materials management and how to avoid them.
Women & Children's Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., has received approval from the New York Health Department to move its ambulatory surgery services to an ambulatory surgery center, according to a report from Buffalo Business First.
The Department of Health & Human Services has announced a preliminary plan to review same-day surgery regulations and other burdensome regulatory requirements, according to an ASC Association release.
Don't hire coders from hospitals or practices. "A coder with inpatient hospital certification can't handle an ASC, says Eva-Marie Alexander, West Coast regional director for American Academy of Professional Coders Physician Services, based in Redondo Beach, Calif. "They need to…
Two physicians have resigned following contentious contract negotiations at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., that ask emergency room physicians to accept more responsibility for unpaid patient bills, according to a Spokesman-Review report.
The effect of self-citations — defined as references to articles from the same journal — on anesthesia journals' impact factor declined overall from 2005-2010, according to a study published in Anesthesiology.