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By Mary Mosquera | 10:12 am | August 29, 2013
Federal agents seized up to $2.6 million in fraud proceeds from various bank accounts held by the Chicago-based firm, which specializes in physician house calls across six states. The company is accused of upcoding Medicare bills for in-home patient visits.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:57 am | August 28, 2013
The healthcare cooperative in Arizona is preparing to sell 30 different health plans through the insurance exchange this fall, after it was rebranded earlier this summer.
By Kevin Fuller | 09:49 am | August 28, 2013
State-of-the-art revenue cycle technologies can not only speed up the claims submission and payment process, but also make the lives of business office staff much easier. Here are 4 key technologies that help providers collect what they're owed.
By Kelsey Brimmer | 09:46 am | August 28, 2013
Positive price to earnings ratios and net debt to EBITDA mean healthcare firms have confidence and capacity to fund future acquisitions.
By Fiona Jensen | 09:44 am | August 28, 2013
Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, have rocketed into the distance education spotlight since Stanford first offered one in the summer of 2011. Healthcare educators are getting on the bandwagon.
By Anthony Brino | 06:30 pm | August 27, 2013
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' website will soon publish the prices of the 140 most common in-patient, surgical and imaging services performed by every hospital in the state.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:28 pm | August 27, 2013
Pennsylvania healthcare organizations Highmark and UPMC have been litigating for some time, amid a contract set to end in 2014, and now a series of advertising campaigns has brought the governor into the debate.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:05 pm | August 27, 2013
A Michigan pilot to bring primary care to the home for patients living with advanced chronic illness will now spread across the state. Priority Health, a Michigan-based nonprofit health plan, tested the concept last year with Spectrum Health Medical Group for 90 of its patients.
By Mary Mosquera | 11:34 am | August 27, 2013
A Michigan pilot to bring primary care to the home for patients living with advanced chronic illness will now spread across the state. Priority Health, a Michigan-based nonprofit health plan, tested the concept last year with Spectrum Health Medical Group for 90 of its patients.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:02 am | August 27, 2013
To highlight the importance of consumer engagement by payers, a health rewards company has ranked health insurers based on how they got members involved in their daily health through the use of mobile tools and social media.