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Study: Medicare has saved virtually nothing through non-payment policy
In theory, Medicare hoped to both improve care and save significant amounts of money on needless illnesses when it instituted a policy of not paying for six hospital-acquired conditions. In reality,... Read more...
Trend: More medical practices require same-day deductible payment
In the past, most medical practices were content to collect co-pays from patients and go after health plans for the rest of what they were owed. They did this, in part, because they just weren't sure... Read more...
Hospitals in nearly half of states won't bill for never events
A new analysis suggests that hospitals in almost half of U.S. states will no longer bill patients for serious medical errors, up sharply from the beginning of 2008. In February, an analysis by a news... Read more...
