The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released an update for Change Request 6528 for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies that maintain inventory at physicians' offices and the physicians who maintain the inventory, according to an…
The Latest
A new study from the Medical Group Management Association found that total medical revenue for multi-specialty group practices dropped 1.9 percent in 2008, the first decrease in several years, according to an MGMA news release.
The Medical College of Georgia Physicians Practice Group Foundation was recently granted a certificate of need to develop a $34 million surgery center in Evans, Ga., according to a report by the Augusta Chronicle.
CMS has issued an answer to a new frequently asked question regarding Recovery Audit Contractors. The question and answer is as follows:
Sandel Medical Industries has announced the launch of its new, redesigned and interactive Web site, according to a Sandel news release.
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reports that 33 states cut or froze Medicaid payment rates to providers in Fiscal Year 2009 and more (39) plan to do so in FY 2010, according to a release from the…
An internal FDA memo suggests that the agency is already tightening its device-approval process, even before it completes its review of the process, following its finding that an orthopedic device may have been improperly approved, according to a report in…
Many times in our work with medical facilities and ASCs, we see usernames shared among multiple people. Sometimes this is for (perceived) convenience, sometimes it is because more than one person shares a workstation or terminal and sometimes it is…
A study from the University of Michigan Health System found that failure to rescue patients after complications, not the rate of complications following surgery, was a better predictor of patient mortality, according to a UMHS news release.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found tens of thousands of Medicaid beneficiaries and providers involved in potential fraudulent purchases of controlled substances, abusive purchases of controlled substances or both in five states — California, Illinois, New York,…