Susan Morse
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will not change its policy regarding the two-midnight inpatient rule but will allow greater flexibility for physician judgment in cases that do not meet the two-midnight benchmark, the federal agency announced Friday.
Bill stops CMS from paying hospitals outpatient rates at newly-acquired off-site locations.
About 10 percent of claims filed under ICD-10 have been denied since the coding vocabulary became the norm on October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Thursday, though only a small number of those denials were due to coding errors.
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is reportedly poised to buy Botox-maker Allergan, in what would be one of the biggest takeover deal this year, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Aetna has signed accountable care organization agreements with systems affiliated with Trinity Health, the benefits company announced Tuesday.
Rite Aid has worked to expand its RediClinics, walk-in health centers, while Walgreens has aggressively expanded its walk-in clinic business.
Only a third of providers interviewed believe the ACA will lower the per-patient cost of healthcare, compared to two-thirds a year ago, according to a 2015 Mortenson Healthcare Industry study.
More than 1,800 hospitals will see payments from the federal government rise in 2016 due to improvements in quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, CMS said Monday, with 600 more hospitals receiving increases than the prior year.
Top hospital executives derive innovative ideas not only from each other but from organizations ranging from Epic to Wal-Mart and CVS, according to a new report, "Into the Minds of the C-Suite 2015" by Peer60.
The House on Friday approved a budget reconciliation bill that repeals parts of the Affordable Care Act, including the "Cadillac tax," medical device tax and the individual and employer mandates.