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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
FEATURES 9 IPPS final rule 14 PSIs, POA indicators offer CDI-quality starting point 17 Outpatient quality collaboration 23 CDI programs’ role in population...Read More »
