Healthcare Finance Staff
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has announced a $241 million settlement - the largest recovery in the history of the state's False Claims Act - with Quest Diagnostics to recover illegal overcharges to the state's medical program for the poor.
After reviewing more than 100 design concepts from architects, design firms, students, healthcare companies and engineering and construction firms, Kaiser Permanente has selected nine finalists in its "Small Hospital, Big Idea" competition.
Quest Diagnostics announced a $241 million settlement with California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, to settle a civil lawsuit that alleged overbilling of the program.
Progress toward ICD-10 implementation is revving up, according to a survey commissioned by the TriZetto Group, a provider of healthcare IT software and service solutions.
HealthGrades has identified what it calls three major flaws in a recent study published in the Archives of Surgery that says the so-called '50 best hospital' list "falls short."
Presidential candidates have begun lining up in the past month, as more Republicans declare their intentions of running. Several of them have strong ties to healthcare IT.
Healthcare costs in the United States continue to rise, but at a declining rate, according to the latest S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index update.
HASCO Medical, a Mobile, Ala.-based managed healthcare provider serving patients in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, has purchased Mobility Freedom and Wheelchair Vans of America, both based in Florida.
Employers can expect to see an 8.5 percent increase in healthcare costs in 2012, a slight increase from the 8 percent increase expected this year, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.
More than 700 Florida medical providers have recently enrolled in The Center for the Advancement of Health IT (AHIT), a regional extension center program, to receive help implementing electronic health record systems and achieving meaningful use.