To survive health reform, public hospitals will have to start operating more like private hospitals or else dramatically cut costs, according to a report by the Texas Tribune.
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Two transmittals issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provided updates to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System, including clarification of outpatient diagnostic services policies and changes to device and Category III codes to be implemented on July…
A federal judge in Florida has refused to grant the federal government further time to respond to 20 states' challenge of the health reform law, according to a report by Legal Newsline.
A transmittal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has listed four new Category III codes for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System set to take effect on July 1.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent AstraZeneca a Complete Response Letter, rejecting a new drug application for the company's Axanum, according to an AstraZeneca news release.
Edward Birts of Houston has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud after receiving nearly $1 million from Medicare and Medicaid for behavioral counseling despite being unqualified to provide such services, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
Congress's failure to pass a physician fee fix before the June 1 deadline reveals fissures between Democratic leaders and rank-and-file moderates who oppose deficit spending, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
Republican Senators are gearing up to fight the nomination of Donald Berwick, MD, as CMS administrator, focusing on his love for Britain's government-run National Health Service, according to a report by Politico.
Kathleen McCullough, the former office manager of a plastic surgery center in Pittsburgh, Pa., was convicted of embezzling more than $140,000 from the center and another $1.2 million from an engineering firm where she served as controller, according to a…
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