Recent rankings by Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, and Physicians Practice show that national health insurers are paying physicians 5.3 percent faster and denying 9.0 percent fewer medical claims over the prior…
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Excellentia Advisory Group, a healthcare consulting company, is hosting a one-hour webinar by Melanie Maycock, managed care/revenue cycle management director of Excellentia, titled "CMS RAC Audit — Are You Ready?" on June 17.
Joseph Banno, MD, a board-certified urologist and founder of Peoria (Ill.) Day Surgery Center and past chairman of the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, suggests ASCs should consider adding and performing the following six urology procedures to satisfy patient…
Jeffrey Wang, MD, chief of spine surgery at UCLA, failed to disclose to his employer $459,500 in payments from medical device companies, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Somnia Anesthesia has named Christina Cancel as client development manger for the Midwest and Southeast regions, according to a Somnia news release.
Q: What is the industry standard formula for calculating A/R days? We have struggled with this and our self-pay/workers' compensation tend to keep us about 48 days.
Summa Health Systems and Crystal Clinic, both based in Akron, Ohio, have merged orthopedic programs, according to a report in Crain's Cleveland Business.
A report by UnitedHealth Group's Center for Health Reform and Modernization has released a report that identifies 15 cost-savings measures estimated to save the federal government $540 billion, according to a UnitedHealth news release.
Progressive MRI, based in Falls Church, Va., has purchased nine Maryland imaging centers from Bloomfield, N.J.-based Medical Resources, according to a report in the Baltimore Business Journal.
A study by Public Citizen, a non-profit public-interest organization, found that hospitals routinely exploit loopholes to avoid reporting physicians who have had their admitting privileges revoked or restricted for more than 30 days, as is required by federal law, according…