Medicare Bundled Payment Gains Momentum With Hospitals, Nursing Homes
(By - Bruce Japsen, Forbes Contributor) Even when medical care providers aren’t forced to accept bundled payments from Medicare that
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Critical access hospitals losing money, but credit ratings safe over political support, Fitch says
(By - Henry Powderly , www.healthcarefinancenews.com) Though critical access hospitals will continue to earn less, Fitch Ratings this week said
Read MoreShifting Hospice Reimbursement – Moving In The Direction Of Aligning Payment With Resource Concentration
(By - Jason B. Caron and Kate McDonald, via www.mondaq.com) The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Read MoreHealth Insurer Mergers Signify Shift in Health Care Marketplace
(By - Steve Sternberg, www.usnews.com) A pair of mergers involving four of the nation’s five for-profit health insurance goliaths—Cigna Corp.
Read MoreProviders Rush to Assume Medicare Risk under Bundled Payment Program
(By - Brian Fuller, avalere.com) A new Avalere analysis of Medicare’s new bundled payment program shows a strong and growing
Read MoreLife and death – and Medicare
(By - Peter S. Fine, thehill.com) The recent decision by Medicare to reimburse doctors for the time spent in conversations
Read MoreMinor typing errors cost Medicare millions in overpayments
(By - Sarah Chavey, watchdog.org) Medicare continues to eat up a growing share of the federal budget, but millions of
Read MoreThe Trickle Down Of Health Plan Mergers
(By - Monica E. Oss, www.openminds.com) Last month there was some big consolidation news in the world of health care
Read MoreFirst Court Decision Defining “Identified” Overpayments Under The Medicare/Medicaid 60-Day Report And Return Rule
(By - Donna A. O’Connor, via www.mondaq.com) The United States District Court’s decision in Kane v Healthfirst , 11 Civ.
Read MoreMedicare’s New Debt Collection Policies Hurts Providers
(By - Ericka L. Adler, www.physicianspractice.com) I have addressed the issue of responding to alleged billing/coding errors and overpayments many
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