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News14 hospitals to pay $12M over false surgical claims
Fourteen hospitals across the country will be shelling out a combined $12 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare, involving spinal fractures procedures, the U.S. Read more...
Rural hospitals hard hit by Medicare cuts
Rural hospitals in Colorado may be forced to stop treating Medicare patients in the face of a 22 percent reimbursement cut, reports the Colorado Public News. Such cuts would cost rural hospitals $6 Read more...
Bill would expand prompt Medicaid reimbursement to all providers
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require Medicaid to reimburse all providers, including hospitals, nursing facilities, and community health centers, in a timely Read more...
Aggressive security allegedly causes patient death, risks hospital funding
The allegedly overaggressive hospital security tactics at North Carolina's Cape Fear Valley Medical Center could place its Medicare status at risk. A patient died after security guards placed a Read more...
6 strategies to offset heavy Medicare reimbursement cuts
Hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) will witness Medicare reimbursement cuts of $162 billion to $177 billion over the next decade, according to a new MedeAnalytics' white Read more...
Hospitals brace for Medicare targets on high readmission rates
Hospitals can expect renewed efforts from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to cut readmissions; the hospitals with the highest rates can lose up to 3 percent of reimbursements, Read more...
Award hospital people-pleasers for patient satisfaction, better morale
To contend with looming physician shortages, hospitals need to retain quality workers. Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Humble, Texas, is keeping its workers happy and engaged by rewarding Read more...
More spending not equal to more patient satisfaction
As hospitals try to boost Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) satisfaction scores, they should take note of new research that shows that spending more money does Read more...
Medicare uses flawed data to pay hospitals, docs
Although Medicare uses geographic adjustment factors to ensure payments to hospitals and doctors accurately reflect their costs of providing care, the data sources and methods used for making those Read more...
CMS issues value-based purchasing rules for hospitals
CMS has issued the final value-based purchasing rules that will tie acute care Medicare reimbursement to hospitals to quality performance starting October 2012, the agency announced Friday. As Read more...
| Press ReleasesFitch Teleconference Today: Impact of Potential Medicare Cuts on U.S. HospitalsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The operating margins of U.S. non-profit hospitals are vulnerable to possible cuts to Medicare reimbursement, according to Fitch Ratings, which will be discussing the Read more >> Market for Electronic Medical Record Software to Grow at over 12 Percent Per Year to Reach over $8.3 Billion by 2016Government Incentives and Penalties Will Drive Large Part of Growth, According to Millennium Research Group TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global Read more >> Fraser Trebilcock: Independent Contractors Cannot Be Considered a Whistleblower Against Health Care ProvidersLANSING, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health care providers do not have to worry about protecting themselves from frivolous claims from outside contractors thanks to a recent Sixth Circuit Court of Read more >> Looming Cuts in Medicare Reimbursement Fuel Challenges and Opportunities for Skilled Nursing FacilitiesContemporary Healthcare Capital, LLC Introduces Senior Mortgage Financing—Setting the stage for an Industry Turn-around SHREWSBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As the Congressional Super Committee begins Read more >> Care Initiatives Deploys Voice Technology for Outcomes-Based Care Across Skilled Nursing Facility EnterprisePITTSBURGH, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vocollect Healthcare Systems (www.accunurse.com and www.blog.accunurse.com), a business unit of Intermec, Inc. (NYSE: IN), announces that Care Initiatives, Read more >> |
