Diana Manos
WASHINGTON – The anticipated change from the ICD-9 Medicare physician and hospital billing code systems to ICD-10 could cost healthcare providers a hefty amount of money, effort and time and cou...
A study conducted by the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) has found hospitals have made strides in improving quality of care over the past two years, with they still have a long way to go....
The Department of Health and Human Services has levied a $100,000 fine on Seattle-based Providence Health and Services for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...
Physicians can rest easy for at least another year. In a Tuesday night vote, Congress easily cleared the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331) with enough v...
A new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicates the federal government recovered nearly $700 million in improper Medicare payments through its recovery audit contractors (RA...
Though it's still on the horizon, the anticipated change from the current ICD-9 Medicare physician and hospital billing code systems to ICD-10 could cost healthcare providers a hefty amount of money,...
After a series of failed attempts to stall a 10.6 percent Medicare physician pay cut, Congress has approved a veto-proof fix. The new law will halt the July 1 pay cut for the rest of 2008 and provide...
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) launched a campaign Tuesday aimed at providing healthcare coverage to the more than 40 million uninsured Americans and laying the groundwork for universal cover...
Based on results of an annual study conducted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), hospitals are expected to spend about 3 percent of their budgets on healthcare infor...
WASHINGTON - Just when doctors thought things couldn’t get much worse, experts say, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has thrown another wrench into the already difficult transiti...