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By Susan Morse | 04:25 pm | April 01, 2015
Sneakers used as bait to lure low-income and homeless people to corrupt medical clinics, indictment alleges.
By Jennifer Zaino | 02:11 pm | April 01, 2015
Maryland hospital has turned heads in the industry for its approach to revenue cycle and has consistently hit high benchmarks in patient access, revenue integrity, claims adjudication and management.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:02 pm | April 01, 2015
Can Anthem, the insurance giant famous for the for-profit Blues, "reconceive Medicaid as a care-delivery model rather than as an insurance program"?
By Susan Morse | 11:52 am | April 01, 2015
For years, the U.S. Department of Justice has been investigating individual facilities within UHS for alleged fraudulent billing practices to Medicare and Medicaid.
By Henry Powderly | 11:38 am | April 01, 2015
According to the nonprofit healthcare provider, operating revenue was $4.3 billion in the second quarter compared to $3.5 billion in the prior period.
By Sherree Geyer | 10:59 am | April 01, 2015
Transparency mandates make it tricky for health systems, as a procedure’s cost and what patients pay is very different.
By John Andrews | 10:18 am | April 01, 2015
Many providers are still utilizing technology that goes back decades and doesn’t have the functionality for an increasingly complex billing landscape, which raises the question: Are first-generation RCMs ripe for a "rip and replace" treatment?
By Anthony Brino | 10:08 am | April 01, 2015
While reimbursement is still being determined, it’s estimated that lung cancer scans for eligible individuals could cost Medicare more than $9 billion for the scans, biopsies and treatments through 2020.
By Susan Morse | 02:10 pm | March 31, 2015
Armstrong v. the Exceptional Child Center Inc. ruling is a blow to healthcare providers who say they are losing money in seeing patients covered by Medicaid due to inadequate reimbursement.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:42 pm | March 31, 2015
Are exchange insurers failing to adequately cover mandated tobacco cessation at no cost-sharing, or just not explicitly highlighting the benefits?