Starting Oct. 5, hospitals will be required to submit two claims to Medicare when a surgical error is reported along with a covered service, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association.
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Lisa Rock, president and CEO of National Medical Billing Services, says that rejection of claims due to errors in the electronic submission process can be reduced by three simple practices.
Massachusetts healthcare providers are actively opposing plans to end fee-for-service payment systems in the state and move to reimburse for episodes of care, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
Here is a list of 10 ASCs across the country performing more than 10,000 procedures annually.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is proposing a 0.5 percent increase in Medicare reimbursements for physicians in 2011 and 2012, rather than a one-year fix in reimbursements proposed by Sen. Max Baucus in his health reform bill, according to a…
A new study finds that patients needing a second anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were likely to be women, younger or those using less experienced surgeons, according to a release by the Hospital for Special Surgery.
R. Blake Curd, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who is co-owner of the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Surgical Hospital, has announced his Republican candidacy for South Dakota's only U.S. House seat, according to a release from Dr. Curd.
Cain Brothers, an investment banking and capital advisory firm to the healthcare industry, has released a white paper entitled, "Coping with the New Normal: Capitalizing Hidden Value in Non-Core Hospital Assets."
Physicians are attempting to remove a provision in the Senate Finance Reform Committee's healthcare reform bill that would penalize physicians who administer the most tests and treatments to their patients, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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…