Sen. Max Baucus (D-N.D.) introduced on Friday a Medicare package bill that would raise physician payments 1.1 percent instead of slashing them 10.6 percent, as had been slated for next month.
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A Web site that facilitates the evaluation process for ASC and hospital administrators seeking to compare the costs related to anesthesia services, the expansion of anesthesia department coverage and the turnkey practice management solutions available has launched.
Northern Virginia’s largest hospital system has announced that it is abandoning its efforts to merge with Prince William Health System in Manassas, Vir. following a legal challenge from the Federal Trade Commission to block the merger.
CMS is conducting a national coverage analysis (NCA) to assess the nature of scientific evidence supporting weight-loss surgery for the treatment of diabetes and whether a national coverage decision is warranted.
While large reimbursements from orthopedics, spine and cardiac cases may, on their faces, appeal to hospitals, the reality is that implant and device costs associated with the procedures are generally eating up at least one-third of the reimbursement, according to…
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A Citi Investment Research analyst began coverage of hospital operator stocks and issued a ‘sell’ rating for them due to growing debt and lower patient commercial admissions, according to published reports.
With the recovery audit contractor (RAC) demonstration program ending this past March, CMS expects to name the new, permanent RACs by May, announced Kimberly L. Brandt, CMS program integrity director, at the Health Care Compliance Association’s Compliance Institute held in…
A New Orleans Hospital, Touro Infirmary, will pay $1.75 million to settle allegations that it submitted false Medicare claims, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ alleges Touro made unlawful payments of almost $150,000 annually, from 2000 to…
In just eight years, BayCare Clinic has become an extremely profitable, high-quality, physicianowned organization serving the Green Bay, Wis., community. The chief medical officer for BayCare is Paul Summerside, MD, FAAEM, who also serves as the president of the board…
This short article briefly outlines several methods by which hospitals attempt to align interests with physicians. Certain of these options may be useful for different types of projects. Further, depending on whether pursing an imaging venture, an ASC venture, a…