RAC improper payment recoveries plunge 91%
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Recovery Audit Contractor program, which has a mission to correct improper Medicare
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(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Recovery Audit Contractor program, which has a mission to correct improper Medicare
Read more(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) The federal government has cut payments to 769 hospitals with high rates of
Read more(By Richard Harris for NPR) The federal government will pay more than $100,000 to give someone a kidney transplant, but
Read more(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Doctors have complained for years that they’re not paid adequately for time-consuming work
Read more(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS released a rule on Tuesday that finalizes a mandatory bundled payment program
Read more(By Christina Jewett for Kaiser Health News) Five years ago, Dr. Ira Kirschenbaum, an orthopedic surgeon in the Bronx who
Read more(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Both Medicaid and Medicare underpaid hospitals in 2015, according to an American Hospital
Read moreAccording to findings by the Health and Human Services inspector general, some Medicare beneficiaries who had heart stents inserted as
Read more(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) When a patient goes to the best hospital, he or she usually hopes
Read more(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) At age 88, Elizabeth Fee looked pregnant, her belly swollen after days of
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