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New violations put health system's federal funds back at risk

Cape Fear Valley Health System is experiencing déjà vu, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) again told the North Carolina health system to fix deficiencies or lose Read more...

Medicaid cuts costing hospitals more jobs

With state budgets cutting Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, hospitals big and small are feeling the effects of the lost funds. To make up for the reductions, large hospital chains in Texas are Read more...

Massachusetts to win $275M through Medicare loophole, states outraged

To the dismay of all the other states who lose out, Massachusetts hospitals will reap $275 million in Medicare reimbursements under a loophole in a new payment system, reports the Associated Press. Read more...

Hospitals need to realign physician Medicare reimbursement

Medicare reimbursements for a hospital and its physicians are unaligned, reports RAC Monitor. Because hospitals are reimbursed by Medicare Part A and doctors by Medicare Part B, physicians don't have Read more...

Obama signs one-year 'doc fix' bill

President Obama finally signed the one-year "doc fix" bill passed by Congress last week into law last night, thus putting on hold a 25 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements for doctors that would Read more...

Another one-month 'doc-fix' patch is likely

Despite hard lobbying by the American Medical Association for Congress to pass a 13-month patch to the Sustainable Growth Rate formula--which would prevent doctors from seeing a 23 percent cut in Read more...

Cardiology group loses suit against HHS over Medicare cuts

Late last year, the American College of Cardiology filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services in an attempt to stop the agency from cutting Medicare reimbursements for cardiology Read more...

Cost-shifting increases family spending by almost $1,800 annually

Most of the time, you hear about how hospitals are struggling lately, many of them because they are getting more uninsured patients, which doesn't help them close the gap on the Medicare and Medicaid Read more...

Congress overrides Bush veto on Medicare bill, stalling cuts

As expected, Congress has overridden President Bush's veto of a bill that will, among other things, block the planned 10.6 percent in Medicare reimbursements for physicians. The veto was overturned Read more...

Press Releases

LodgeNet Interactive Creates Healthcare Subsidiary to Foster Continued Growth of Healthcare Business

Wholly-owned subsidiary to build on success leveraging proven industry-leading interactive communication solutions to help hospitals achieve a new level of patient engagementSIOUX FALLS, S.D., July Read more >>

Cooper Green Mercy Hospital Selects OpenVista System to Improve Patient Care and Achieve Meaningful Use

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open-source healthcare enterprise solutions, today announced a new contract with Cooper Read more >>

Survey: 81% of Seniors Give Congress a No Confidence Vote to Find A Solution For Medicare Payments to Physicians

89% Think Doctors Will Stop Accepting Medicare Patients With Planned Cuts in Medicare Reimbursements WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- An independent survey of 441 seniors 65 years old and up revealed Read more >>

Specialty Physicians Urge Commission on Fiscal Responsibility to Reconsider Cuts to Medicare Beneficiaries

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Alliance of Specialty Medicine today sent a letter to Chairmen Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility urging them to Read more >>

$110 Million Emergency Department Information Systems Market to See Further Growth With the American Recovery And Reinvestment A

Act Including $40 Billion in Funding for Electronic Health Record Adoption, according to Millennium Research GroupTORONTO, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), Read more >>