Recovery audit contractor audits starting in Florida include hospital outpatient codes and differ from codes targeted in initial RAC auditing in South Carolina, according to a report by AHA News.
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GE Healthcare is about to release a new MRI that has a wider tube to accommodate obese and claustrophobic patients, according to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Note: This article was written by Bruce D. Armon, Scott D. Patterson and Evan J. Foster, attorneys with Saul Ewing LLP.On August 25, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") officially published its final Health Breach Notification Rule (the "FTC Rule").…
B. Braun Medical, a leading manufacturer of infusion therapy and pain management products, was named Surgery Center Market "Supplier of the Year" by McKesson's medical-surgical business unit, according to a B. Braun news release.
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Due to a software problem, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is requesting that the public resubmit comments made on the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System, originally submitted through www.regulations.gov, according to a CMS news…
Groundbreaking for The Surgery Center of Fairbanks (Ala.) will occur this week, according to a report in the Daily News-Miner.
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Healthcare providers are seeing revenues drop due to decreased demand for less urgent or elective care, more patients unable to pay their medical bills, significant losses in investment income, less charitable giving and cuts in state and federal health care…