From calendar year 2008 to 2011, Medicare paid more than $65 billion for physician services. In each of these years, 2% of the physicians were responsible for almost 25% of all the payments—each receiving annual payments of approximately $1 million, according...Read More »
Contractors could use a little guidance from CMS to do a better job at reviewing medical records for electronic health record (EHR) problem areas. For example, clues within the progress notes, hand writing styles, and other attributes that help corroborate the authenticity of paper medical...Read More »
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles receives nearly $300 million in Medicare “outlier” payments—more than any other hospital in the country, according to a Modern Healthcare analysis of data provided under a Freedom of Information Act request published in its November 23 article...Read More »
