Medicare & Medicaid

Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott has said he will sue the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for allegedly threatening to withhold other federal funds if the state fails to adopt expansion.

Healthcare Finance has created a timeline of notable healthcare frauds in 2014, using data from Nashville-based Bass, Berry & Sims.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services assigns ratings to more than 3,500 hospitals, which it said will give consumers a clearer picture of quality when it comes to choosing a healthcare provider.

Tennessee-based Iasis, which operates acute-care hospitals, said its revised 2014 revenue will be $2.5 billion, $30 million less than previously thought.

The SGR repeal legislation could kill the proverbial two birds with one stone, replacing once and for all the unpopular SGR, while also supporting the Department of Health and Human Services' push for fee for value in general and ACOs in particular.

Though new Medicare LTAC regulations are challenging health systems, they're a big opportunity for giants in the long-term care business.

The bill would expand coverage using federal subsidies, but would also require some enrollees to pay premiums and participate in job programs.

Doctors overstated the amount of time the nurse anesthetists spent with patients, pocketing about 9 percent of the reimbursement.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service said the final revenue increase was driven by a spike in Medicare fee-for-service spending per capita estimates.

Out of 1,010 large medical groups that Medicare evaluated under the physician value-based payment modifier, just 14 are getting payment increases this year. But at the same time, only 11 groups will be getting reductions for low quality or high spending.