An overhaul of the newly coined Promoting Interoperability Programs (PIP, formerly known as the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs), significant reductions to reporting requirements for quality initiatives, updates to payment rates, and changes CC/MCC designations for some conditions,...Read More »
Prime Healthcare in Ontario, California, and its founder and CEO, Dr. Prem Reddy, have agreed to pay $65 million to end a lawsuit alleging the hospital chain engaged in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare, the...Read More »
Only months after eClinicalWorks was sued for nearly $1 billion over inaccurate and unreliable data, the OIG fined the software company $132,500 for failing to report patient safety issues with its...Read More »
CMS’ 2019 OPPS proposed rule continues the agency’s efforts to enforce site-neutral payments and reduce drug payments by introducing policies to reduce reimbursement for hospital outpatient clinic visits...Read More »
