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Feds investigate Beth Israel for overbilling
Federal investigators are probing into Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's billing practices, investigating whether it overbilled Medicare by admitting patients for short stays who could have been
Medicare patients sue HHS over outpatient status
On behalf of seven elderly Medicare beneficiaries, the Center for Medicare Advocacy last week filed a lawsuit against U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Insurers target short-stay inpatient admissions at Philly hospitals
Philadelphia-area hospitals are learning that Medicare and its merry band of contractors aren't the only ones paying attention to national, regional and state outliers. Over the past 18 months, the
