Community Hospital in Munster, Indiana, disputes an OIG report that found DRG assignment errors and incorrect IRF claims, resulting in an projected $22,051,602 in overpayments.Read More »
Hospital star ratings were updated publicly Thursday for the first time since 2017, despite long-running accusations that the government’s methodology presents...Read More »
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 »
The rate of physician burnout has dropped 10.5 percentage points over the past three years but remains at an alarming level, according to research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings last week.Read More »
A former Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) nurse accused the hospital chain of fraudulently billing the federal government for services at Regional Medical Center in San Jose, California, to inflate reimbursement.Read More »
Healthgrades released its annual list of “America’s Best Hospitals,” using clinical outcomes to identify the top 5% of hospitals nationwide.Read More »
On an annual basis, sepsis affects about 1.7 million American adults. The infection is reportedly linked to more than 250,000 deaths. But new research says sepsis may not be true cause of the majority of those deaths.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 »
