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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a new policy for Medicare coverage of testing for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
A Kansas cardiologist and his practice group will pay $1.3 million to settle claims that they submitted false claims to Medicare.
The Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals plan to modify the existing 50/50 not-for-profit ownership structures of St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland and Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio.
S.C. hospitals could save $40M monitoring infections
Drugs for women's healthcare are thriving
Staffing regulations boost wages for Calif. nurses
Texas coalition calls for nursing education funding
A majority of hospital development officials report that their fundraising programs have been negatively affected by the economic downturn, but at least 50 percent anticipate achieving their 2009 development projections.
The economic stimulus package – with more than $100 billion allotted to healthcare – is signed, sealed and delivered. The State Children's Health Insurance Program is newly reauthorized.
Physicians under Medicare can earn $44,000 to more than $60,000 in extra payments under the new stimulus package, while incentives for hospitals will start at a base of $2 million annually. Providers who do not use qualified certified healthcare IT by 2015, however, face Medicare reimbursement cuts.
More than two years in the making, Congress has passed – and President Obama has signed – a bill reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
With Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), President Barack Obama's first pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, no longer an option, the White House has been mum on who might replace him, though many experts and news outlets claim they have inside knowledge.
President Barack Obama signed the massive $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law Feb. 17 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.