Susan Morse
Legislators on Thursday were split on the Affordable Care Act's effect on provider and payer competition in the healthcare marketplace in the the first of several hearings to be held by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law.
The Columbus Regional Hospital System in Georgia has agreed to pay the state and federal governments $25 million, and potentially another $10 million, to resolve allegations that it overbilled Medicare and paid kickbacks to a medical director for referrals, according to Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens in a Sept. 4 announcement.
IRS rules for curbing collections abuse among nonprofit hospitals are not specific enough and should also include for-profit providers, according to a new report in the AMA Journal of Ethics that blasts healthcare providers over some of their billing practices.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday announced a plan to reduce disparities in healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries who belong to minority population, live with a disability or who reside in a rural area.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has rolled out a new Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model that will be tested in seven states starting in 2017 as a way to trim costs in the treatment of certain chronic conditions.
Managed care company Molina Healthcare said it will pay $200 million for the remaining stakes in two subsidiaries of The Providence Service Corp.
Physician Hospitals of America is calling upon Congress to change current federal law to allow new physician-owned hospitals to accept Medicare and Medicaid patients, according to the organization's president.
Even when a natural disaster doesn't force a hospital to shut its doors, unexpected catastrophes can disrupt operations and finances.
Leaders from Mercy Hospital Joplin, Partners HealthCare, South Nassau Communities Hospitals explain how their systems bounced back from natural disasters and share tips on how healthcare leaders can prepare for the worst Mother Nature can dish out.
While providers and physicians may be scrambling to get ready for ICD-10, workers' compensation practitioners are not required to switch to the new codes, according to the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange, an advisor to the Department of Health and Human Services.