Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and 18 Senators have sent a letter to President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging the leaders to press for inclusion of language to repeal the federal antitrust exemption for…
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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is proposing that Congress give hospitals that perform at higher levels in CMS' the pay-for-performance program a payment update of 2.4 percent in fiscal year 2011, based on the market basket index. Hospitals that don’t perform…
Q: If a doctor has ASC(A) order an IOL but then takes the IOL to ASC(B) for the surgery, can ASC(B) pay ASC(A) back the invoice price for the IOL without any Stark or billing issues?
Mark Kabins, MD, a Las Vegas spine surgeon, who previously pleaded guilty to concealing fraud, was sentenced to five years probation and six months home detention for his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently settle a malpractice lawsuit, according to…
Thirteen Detroit-area residents have been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged home healthcare scheme to defraud the Medicare program of more than $14.5 million, according to a news release by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Maryland Court of Appeals has upheld the state's $812,500 limit on malpractice awards for pain and suffering, overturning a lower court's award of a higher amount, according to a report by the Baltimore Business Journal.
National Public Radio aired a segment featuring ASCs on its financial analysis program Marketplace on Jan. 12, which discussed how the ASC industry is viewed from various perspectives, according to the ASC Association.
Gayle Lowe, an AAAHC surveyor, discusses patient safety initiatives and increased efforts on the part of healthcare providers to implement practices and policies that further increase patient safety.
A federal grand jury has indicted Lillian Pagkaliwangan and Raymundo Arellano, who are married, of Lakeland, Fla., with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a report in Tampa Bay Business Journal.
The decision by the Sierra View District Hospital in Porterville, Calif., to stop performing eye surgery in its ambulatory services department met with public outcry against the decision at a recent meeting with the hospital's Board of Directors, according to…