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Providence Hospitals would keep its name and continue to operate as a Catholic hospital.
Clinical documentation improvement at Henry Ford Health System includes nurses serving as translators between physicians and coders and analytic tools that have added 2 percent to revenue cycle bottom line.
The deal with Capella Healthcare will bring four hospitals located in central Tennessee into Saint Thomas Health.
Sadiq created fake patient files to fool a Medicare auditor by making it appear as if home health services were provided and medically necessary.
The Virginia Mason Institute, part of the Virginia Mason Health System, will be working with five hospitals within England's National Health Service Trust Development Authority.
Piedmont Healthcare and Northside Hospital were also reportedly interested in buying Tenet's Georgia hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is falling short in busting potential fraud by not verifying physician addresses and making sure they are currently licensed, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
The economic collapse in 2008 changed everything for the new CFO Amy Floria, plunging Goshen, both the city and hospital, into crisis. But smart cost management has helped the system bounce back.
At the top end, the highest median amount paid for the procedure is $61,231 in the Sacramento, California metropolitan area. On the other hand, the Birmingham, Alabama region books the lowest cost paid at $15,494.
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