About 75 of the 127 physician-owned hospitals under construction wouldn't meet the new Aug. 1, 2010, deadline in the revised Senate health reform bill, according to an informal count by Physician Hospitals of America.
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The health reform bill now being voted on by the Senate would change Medicare physician reimbursements to include nationwide quality measurements, according to a release from the Minnesota Medical Association.
The U.S. Senate has joined the House in delaying implementation of the 21.2 percent Medicare pay cut for physicians from Jan. 1, 2010, to until Feb. 28, 2010, and President Obama is expected to sign the measure, according to a…
Here is a summary of specific changes to the Senate health reform bill, as found in the 383-page Manager's Amendment that was added to the bill just before Senate began voting on it.
Healthcare Trust of America, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., has acquired Hampden Place Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., for $18.6 million, according to an HTA news release.
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has adopted a new fee schedule that will increase overall payments to ASCs and vocational rehabilitation providers, according to a BWC news release.
A recent study by Duke University Medical Center researchers found that post-surgical infections significantly increase the chance of hospital readmission and death and cost as much as $60,000 per patient, according to a Duke Medicine news release.
The Senate Democrats' health reform bill has passed the first of three votes needed for final approval of the legislation, with the final vote expected on Christmas Eve, according to a report by the New York Times.
An extension on the deadline from Feb. 1, 2010, to Aug. 1, 2010, for a proposed ban on physician-owned hospitals was included in "Manager's Amendment" to the Senate health reform bill just before it went to a vote, according to…
Ehigiator O. Akhigbe, MD, of Silver Spring, Md., was convicted on charges he overcharged the Washington, D.C., Medicaid program $133,000 for office visits and surgeries he never performed, according to a report in the Washington Post.