Chip Means

WASHINGTON – Medicare officials announced on July 2 a new effort to combat fraudulent billing in two areas of the country where bilking the public program seems to be prevalent....

WASHINGTON – After Congress deferred a 5 percent cut to physicians’ reimbursements for Medicare services late last year, the Congressional Budget Office warned that the deferral could resu...

Here’s a tip to managers of healthcare facilities: If Medicare officials drop by to see if they’re funding a high-quality organization, you’d better be sure you’re running one....

The bipartisan Senate Finance Committee overwhelmingly passed a proposal to renew and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program on Thursday. The committee's 17-...

Maine physicians stand to lose about $27 million in Medicare reimbursements by 2016 - a relatively low figure compared to the losses pending in other states. New York, for instance, could lose $489 mi...

Three days after the Senate Finance Committee announced a proposal for renewing the State Children's Health Insurance Program, lawmakers unveiled a $35 billion bipartisan plan to secure the coverage o...

If a good compromise leaves both parties unsatisfied, here's to the Senate Finance Committee. Committee Chairmen Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-...

HARRISBURG, PA – A new bill introduced in Pennsylvania’s House would have the state pay the balances of medical students’ loans for graduates who agree to practice medicine in t...

Physicians in academic settings make less money than those in private practices. And although university-based physicians tend to treat patients with higher levels of acuity, a new study confirms that...

BOCA RATON, FL – Rushed, overworked and generally at odds with the productivity-based pay model. These are common adjectives in primary care. Now, 150 physicians in 16 states are...