Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Audit: State overpays $11.4M in medical costs

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Comptroller's audit reveals continuing pattern of problems Rick Karli , Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Un...

Supervisor of $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Sentenced in Florida to 10 Years in Prison

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U.S. Department of Justice July 08, 2013   WASH...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

CMS proposes 3.5 percent Medicare home health pay cut

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  By Allison Bell | July 1, 2013 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) thinks home health agenc...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

Health Plan Rorschach Test: Direct Primary Care

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Despite its inclusion in Obamacare, Direct Primary Care (DPC, aka Concierge Medicine for the Masses), it’s surprising how few health...

Damages in whistle-blower Medicare fraud case against Halifax Hospital could hit $1B

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By Marni Jameson,  Orlando Sentinel 6:08 pm, July 5, 2013 The problems for Halifax Health Medical Center resulting from a 2009 whi...
Friday, July 5, 2013

Secondary Payers Hit Physician Group with Recoupment After Medicare Audit Findings

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Reprinted from  REPORT ON MEDICARE COMPLIANCE , the nation's leading source of news and strategic information on Medicare complian...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

NCAQ Transitions Measures to ICD-10, Seeks Comment

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The National Committee for Quality Assurance, an accreditation firm, is soliciting public comments on proposed changes to HEDIS performanc...

VA inspected many times; results shared

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Written by Joe Battle As the director of the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, I wish all of our veterans and their famili...

IN-DEPTH: Boosting care, managing costs are health care challenges

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Written by Lisa Bernard-Kuhn Region tests models ushered in by federal law, some of which are already saving money and raising qua...

EHR Meaningful Use Dropout Rate Soars in 2012

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AAFP Works to Identify, Correct Barriers July 03, 2013 12:45 pm  Sheri Porter  – As U.S. physicians continue to embrace electronic healt...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

The Epidemic of Disillusioned Doctors

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We all know medicine has become a frustrating profession. But surveys show that a younger generation of doctors are more resilient to bur...