The Independent Medicare Advisory Board, a more powerful version of MedPAC envisioned in the health reform bills, would have even greater powers under a new amendment sponsored by three senators, according to a release by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), one…
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As the Senate considers adding more Medicare-funded residency positions to meet future needs for physicians, the Association of American Medical Colleges reports that about 1,500 currently funded positions go unfilled, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The fastest way for a practice to increase profitability is to improve its revenue cycle, according to David Wold, CEO of Healthcare Information Services in Park Ridge, Ill. "A practice that seriously examines its revenue cycle and takes steps to…
Covidien, a global provider of healthcare products, has announced a definitive agreement to sell its radiopharmacies in the United States to Triad Isotopes, based in Orlando, Fla., according to a Covidien news release.
A transmittal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides guidance on the voluntary use of advance beneficiary notices and adjustments to two modifiers used when billing for these services, according to a report in MLN Matters.
Christopher Magiera, MD, has joined Ministry Health Care's Ministry Medical Group Department of Gastroenterology, according to a report in the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune.
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic in a case regarding the legality of the clinic's inclusion of a non-compete clause in physician contracts, according to a report by the Great Falls Tribune.
Varian. V. Scott of Miami, Fla., has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on charges of healthcare fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for his role in a $1.1 million Medicaid fraud scheme, according to a U.S.…
Construction has begun on a new, 30,000-square-foot surgical hospital in Humble, Texas, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
Plans for new physician-owned hospitals would have little or no chance of beating a proposed ban if current language in the Senate and House reform bills is passed, according to the executive of the national physician hospitals organization.