The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and Vermont Oxford Network have collaborated on a table of standard concentrations of neonatal drug infusions.
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Recovery audit contractors could still target Medicare payments to specialists for consultation codes, even though Medicare stopped those payments more than a year ago, according to John Paul Spencer writing in the RAC Monitor.
Researchers presented data at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons revealing a new anti-infection protocol that includes using alcohol foam in preprep, multiple drains for obese patients and intrawound vancomycin powder nearly eliminated infections in posterior…
In the largest healthcare fraud takedown thus far, more than 100 physicians, nurses and other defendants from nine cities were charged today for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving more than $225 million in false billing, according to…
Ambulatory surgery centers should be making every effort to save as many dollars as possible, and proper and efficient materials management will be one of the keys to achieving future prosperity. Still, mistakes occur rather frequently, and ASCs must be…
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has received its largest-ever restitution payment: $830,000 from Jorge Martinez, MD, an anesthesiologist serving a life sentence for 56 criminal counts, according to a Columbus Business First report.
Laurence Wilson, director of the chronic care policy group at CMS, believes Medicare is overpaying substantially for wheelchairs, a problem he blames on medical supply companies and their powerful lobbies, according to a WRAL report.
A Johns Hopkins study of more than 7,500 pediatric bone implants over 15 years found hip and thigh implants can raise bone fracture risk in children, according to a PhysOrg report.
H. Alex Hunter, a managing director at Navigant Consulting and leader of the provider practice within Navigant's Healthcare team, makes four points about hospitals' awkward transition from fee-for-service payments to the new world of accountable care organizations.
Here are 10 big fraud and abuse cases involving hospital executives.