In an effort to reduce rising healthcare costs, many Massachusetts health insurers are offering plans that mostly bar patients from receiving care at many more expensive hospitals, such as Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospitals, designed to encourage patients…
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Glendale, Wis.-based Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare has started offering billing clinics where patients can make an appointment to meet one-on-one with a billing specialist to discuss outstanding questions related to patients' medical bills and financial responsibilities, according to a report in…
Genascis, a leading revenue cycle management and business intelligence resource for ASCs has begun to share proprietary ASC benchmarking data on a weekly website feature called, "Did You Know?," according to a Genascis news release.
Somnia Anesthesia Services has appointed Hugh Morgan to the newly created position of Quality Assurance Officer, under which Mr. Morgan will direct Somnia's Clinical Quality Excellence Program and assume oversight of clinical quality for the anesthesia practices the company manages…
Glen R. Justice, MD, an oncologist and former director of the cancer center at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare and other insurers by charging the payors for cancer medications that…
Bernard McDonnell, DO, a retired physician and current surveyor for Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, says that while a vast majority of the GI facilities he surveys do a good job of adhering to standards that protect patient safety, the routine…
Edward J. Gorz, CPA, accounting manager for MedHQ, a professional employer organization and business office outsourcing service for ASCs and other providers, provides guidance for six areas ASCs should focus within their supplies and labor costs to identify savings opportunities.
A federal jury has found Tuomey Hospital in Sumter, S.C., part of Tuomey Health System, guilty of violating the Stark Act for providing kickbacks to physicians in return for referrals at the hospital, according to a report by the Sumter…
The recently enacted healthcare reform legislation will affect all healthcare stakeholders — consumers, providers and employers — but sorting out the winners from the losers is an inexact science at best at this point. For physicians, especially those in specialty…
Cleveland Medical Devices has finalized an agreement to license its anesthesia monitoring — its NeuroSense line — and seizure detection technologies through Cleveland Heights, Ohio-based NeuroWave Systems, according to a report in Crain's Cleveland Business.