Thursday, June 20, 2013

NCQA Making Changes to Medical Home Program, Seeks Comment

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The National Committee for Quality Assurance, a health care accreditation firm, has released for public comment proposed changes to standa...

Owner Of Louisiana-Based Health Care Company Sentenced In Texas To 97 Months In Prison In Connection With $6.7 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

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June 17, 2013 The owner and operator of a Louisiana-based durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced today to serve 97 mon...

Would you support a National Certification for Risk Adjustment Coders and Auditors?

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Certified Risk Adjustment Coder / Certified Risk Adjustment Auditor

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ERM is working with multiple stake holders to create a national certification program for coders and auditors involved in risk adjustment....

Report: 700 doctors wrote possibly harmful Medicare prescriptions

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By  Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein and Jennifer LaFleur | ProPublica ,  Thursday, June 20,  12:02 AM More than 700 doctors nationwide wr...

30 Percent Of Hospital Readmissions Could Be Prevented

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Article Date: 20 Jun 2013 - 1:00 PDT With  Medicare  penalties on hospitals with higher-than-expected rates of 30-day readmissions expect...

New 'Obamacare' exchanges could miss enrollment deadline - GAO

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By David Morgan and Caroline Humer (Reuters) - New health insurance exchanges being set up by the federal government in more than 30 st...

Federal District Court upholds stark regulation ban on physician-owned under arrangement service providers

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Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC Thomas S. Crane USA June 19 2013 Author page » On May 24 the District Court for t...

Investors Chronicle - Patient property profits

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Investors Chronicle - Patient property profits Patient property profits Sector Focus Far from the London world of luxury flats ...