National Government Services, the jurisdiction B Medicare administrative contractor, has updated the Medicare University Website with features that include training courses, FAQs and other resources, according to an AAPC release.
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The shift to ICD-10 could create thousands of jobs as hospitals and other healthcare facilities adjust to an initial delay in claims submissions, according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal report.
CMS is contacting providers by phone as a follow-up to letters and phone calls sent from Comprehensive Error Rate Testing contractors, according to an AAPC release.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has highlighted an innovative program that healthcare facilities can adopt to increase the reporting of potential medical errors related to medication, equipment and patient care.
Medtronic has cancelled five contracts with healthcare supply contracting company Novation, which is owned by VHA and the University HealthSystem Consortium, according to a news release.
Five anesthesiologists specializing in pain management and interventional spine procedures are opening Jersey Shore Pain Management in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., according to a Press of Atlantic City news report.
Baylor Research Institute, the research arm of Baylor Health Care System, and Eureka Genomics have partnered to study the causes of colorectal cancer for the advancement of the disease's prevention, management and treatment, according to a news release.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has strict requirements for maximum workloads for medical residents, but a study published in Archives of Surgery suggests the physicians-in-training often break these rules, which could pose patient safety risks and deter optimal…
Among Pennsylvania patients who acquired a healthcare-associated infection in 2009, 29.8 percent were readmitted within 30 days for an infection or complication, according to a Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council report.
A new 'closed-loop' system can accurately adjust levels of anesthetics and analgesic drugs in surgical patients, according to a study published in the March issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.