The Healthcare Financial Management Association's Patient Friendly Billing Project will release a new report, Strategies for a High-Performance Revenue Cycle, which outlines strategies healthcare organizations can use to improve their revenue cycles, according to an HFMA release.
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Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix has agreed to pay $675,000 to settle an alleged Medicare coding violation, according to a report by the Phoenix Business Journal.
The AHA is providing member hospitals with an executive briefing book to help them prepare for the 2013 transition to the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases clinical coding system, according to the AHA.
In 2006, at least one procedure was performed during six out of 10 hospital stays and 24.4 million discharges with procedures occurred. The top 10 all-listed procedures, which include all procedures performed during the hospital stay, made up 55 percent…
As part of the Obama Administration's goal of reducing waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have revised and improved their calculations of Medicare fee-for-service error…
Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J., has agreed to pay the United States $3.02 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
Akasia Lee of New Orleans was sentenced in federal court to five years in prison and to pay nearly $5 million in restitution for her role in the conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a release from the U.S.…
The Central Minnesota Surgical Center in Sartell, Minn., has opened and will begin treating patients in early December, according to a report by the St. Cloud Times.
A new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council found that the number of outpatient surgery centers in Pennsylvania, along with the centers' total margins, are growing, according to a report in the Pittsburgh Business Times.
The Illinois Department of Health has launched its first Web site where patients can review pricing and quality data about the state's hospitals and surgery centers, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.