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The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General is recommending that the federal government crack down on physicians who have incorrectly coded their Medicare claims for the wrong place of service.
One in five Americans chose not to seek medical care for a recent illness or injury, with four out of 10 citing cost as the primary factor, according to a Deloitte Center for Health Solutions survey.
Behavioral health has been treated as a separate entity in the healthcare world for as long as anyone can remember, but that may not be the case when accountable care organizations begin take hold in 2012.
L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation's largest public health plan, has approved $529,000 to support five Los Angeles County community clinics' Health Information Technology (HIT) projects.
Passport Health Communications, a Franklin, Tenn.-based developer of business management and revenue cycle solutions for healthcare providers, on Wednesday unveiled Payment Navigator, a new solution designed to help match uninsured patients with the best available method of payment before they receive medical care.
Emory Healthcare, the largest healthcare system in Georgia, is boosting eligibility services at its metro Atlanta facilities to help its growing self-pay patient population obtain healthcare coverage.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has expanded Medicare coverage of evidence-based tobacco cessation counseling to any beneficiary who is a smoker.
The massive health reform legislation approved by Congress and signed by President Obama is bound to result in unintended and unanticipated consequences. These will become apparent as regulations are adopted to implement the provisions of the bill according to the schedule outlined in the legislation.
This video from the South Carolina Hospital Association's YouTube channel shows how Spartanburg, S.C. was selected to receive assistance for their work in supporting the uninsured.
The Internal Revenue Services has released its continuing professional education training materials on governance. IRS Form 990, which tax-exempt organizations are required to file annually, is a major focus of the CPE materials.