Chelsey Ledue
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will fully launch its Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program by January 2010, and hospitals need to be ready.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has made available nearly $200 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support student loan repayments for primary care medical, dental and mental health clinicians who want to work at National Health Service Corps sites.
Four Miami-area residents were recently sentenced for a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics.
Over 300 nursing homes in the eastern region of Pennsylvania have begun reporting healthcare-associated infections to the state's Patient Safety Authority through its Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System.
Healthcare providers believe in the importance of reform, but are concerned about the toll it could take on their businesses and patients, according to a survey by IVANS, Inc.
U.S., Canadian, and U.K.-based insurance firms hold at least $4.4 billion of investments in companies whose subsidiaries manufacture cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and related products, according to a new article on insurance company holdings, published in the June 4th edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The Department of Health and Human Services has released $25 million in grants to help seniors, individuals with disabilities and their caregivers apply for special assistance through Medicare and an additional $5 million for a national resource center to support these efforts.
The 161 million Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance are facing substantial increases in out-of-pocket costs, according to a study funded by the Commonwealth Fund.
Thousands of South Carolina college graduates will have to purchase their own healthcare coverage in 2009, due to a 22 percent decrease in the hiring rate since last year, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Any loss of federal funding could threaten local economies often dependent on long-term care facilities that serve as core contributors to business communities, according to a national coalition that advocates for community business and the long-term care industry.