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Lawsuit: Epic’s software double-bills Medicare, Medicaid for anesthesia services

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Health IT giant Verona, Wis.-based Epic Systems has been hit with a False

(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) As soon as news surfaced last week about the

(By Chad Terhune and Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Medicaid is rarely associated with getting rich. The patients are

(By Greta Jochem for NPR) A dermatologist in Washington, D.C., was surprised to discover that one of her patients was

The international cardiology community was stunned on Thursday with the release of a report finding that patients who had stents

(By Courtney Perkes for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Dede Kennedy-Simington, an insurance agent in Pasadena, Calif., was

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued its 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on Thursday, which cuts Medicare payments for

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Rural hospitals across the nation are facing financial challenges, causing some facilities to

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Steward Health Care, a 36-hospital system based in Boston, is suing state officials

(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) The House passed a bill Thursday to abolish the Independent Payment Advisory Board,