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Physicians clinging unhappily to Medicare
At one point, it was beginning to look like the Medicare program was losing traction with doctors. In fact, in the summer of 2008 the Texas Medical Association released a survey concluding that only... Read more...
Bill would let Medicare delay payments when fraud, waste suspected
Right now, Medicare is in the business of paying claims whether it likes them or not. In fact, as current federal law is written, CMS must pay Medicare claims promptly even if officials think fraud... Read more...
MGMA 2009: Facing down the reform question mark
This year at MGMA, practice managers and physicians are coming together at a very tense time--a time when, in theory, Congress may be fixing to stand the industry on its head. Medical groups are... Read more...
Federal bill would link Medicare hospital pay to quality
Now here's a bill that would scare me a bit if I were a hospital administrator--even if it was inevitable (and it is) that such a measure would be written. Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Chuck Grassley... Read more...
Updates on regulatory risks
Because everyone uses healthcare, regulators take a shot at the system from time to time to prove that they're paying attention. Still, things are particularly intense this year, with tax issues and... Read more...
OH hospital seeks Medicare exemption for cancer care
For years, officials at University Hospitals Case Medical Center have worked to get an exemption from DRG limits on Medicare reimbursements that would funnel $3 to $5 million into its coffers to aid... Read more...
Providers make rapid progress on using NPI in claims
When CMS kicked off the National Provider Identifier program a couple of weeks ago, a significant minority of Medicare and Medicaid claims were being rejected--with as many as one-quarter of claims... Read more...
Case study: ND system must cut $15M in costs
It's a sign of the times. Struggling with the boogeymen faced by most of its peers, including inadequate reimbursement and rising uncompensated care levels, Fargo, N.D.-based MeritCare Health System... Read more...
Medicare hospital payments may climb $4 billion
Under the terms of a new proposed rule, Medicare reimbursement for inpatient hospitals may go up by almost $4 billion. The new rule would apply to patients who are discharged from hospitals during... Read more...
