Eight hundred hospitals will see a pay cut this year from Medicare due to high rates of infections and patient injuries. This is the highest number of cuts since the launch of the HAC Reduction Program five years ago.Read More »
Developments continue in a $188.1 million lawsuit against Renton, Washington-based Providence Health & Services, with a judge presiding over the case requesting additional documentation from both parties to determine if the suit will continue or be dismissed...Read More »
Jefferson Medical Associates, a now dissolved, multi-specialty practice group in Laurel, Mississippi, and neurologist Aremmia Tanious, MD, have agreed to pay the U.S. $817,635.06 to resolve claims under the False Claims Act arising from Medicare overpayments, according to...Read More »
Federal fraud watchdog agencies may be taking a closer look at Medicare Advantage in 2019, according to a recent report released by Bass, Barry & Sims, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm.Read More »
About 30% of ED visits among patients with common chronic conditions are potentially unnecessary, leading to $8.3 billion in additional healthcare costs.Read More »
HACs declined by 13% between 2014 and 2017, preventing an estimated 20,500 deaths and $7.7 billion in healthcare costs, according to preliminary data from the AHRQ.Read More »
The average outpatient visit in the U.S. costs nearly $500 and the average inpatient stay costs more than $22,000, according to a global study from the...Read More »
