Saturday, November 9, 2013

Report Highlights Role of Health IT in Managing Patient Population Health

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November 06, 2013 01:36 pm Sheri Porter – Family physicians in the throes of creating patient-centered medical home (PCMH) practices, lear...

Top-rated Medicare plan choices up dramatically in 2014

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By Diane C. Lade, Staff writer 1:46 p.m. EST ,  November 7, 2013 Better choices for Floridians on  Medicare  may be in the stars ...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Fighting Medicaid Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Through Education - Medicare Blog

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By Ted Doolittle, CMS Deputy Director,  Center for Program Integrity Nov. 7, 2013 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

Mid-Hudson Medical Group to Pay $5 Million in Health Care Fraud Settlement

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HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. – The medical group that employed Spyros Panos, the  Hopewell Junction surgeon who pleaded guilty last week to felon...

Outpatient coding and ICD-10-PCS

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Initially, we thought that outpatient coders didn’t have to learn to code in ICD-10-PCS. They would still use CPT® codes to report physi...

Naples HMA to return $31 million in questionable incentive money

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Health care giant promises more diligent oversight Health Management Associates Inc. is repaying $31 million in technology incentive...

Miami-Dade community health centers win government grants

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More than a dozen Florida community health centers — including seven in Miami-Dade County — were awarded $8.3 million in grants Thursday t...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Fixing the False Claims Act: The Case for Compliance-Focused Reforms

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October 25, 2013 By  Jonathan G. Cedarbaum ,  David W. Ogden View PDF The authors propose reforms that would encourage comp...

McKesson to pay Wisconsin $13.9 million to settle Medicaid fraud charges

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Wisconsin stands to collect more than $20 million from settlements with companies whose alleged practices inflated the cost of prescriptio...

R.I. lawmakers hear from those suffering without in-home service provided by Pentec

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November 05, 2013 11:30 PM Comments  0 Bob Thayer/Providence Journal Nurse Kelly Florentino, on screen, and Vianna ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Kroger's Little Clinic to collaborate with UC Health on patient care

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Enlarge Courtesy UC Health UC Health and Kroger's The Little Clinic announced a new partnership on Tuesday. ...