The fight over medical necessity continued last week as the American Hospital Association and its four co-plaintiffs asks courts to “expedite” a...Read More »
During its November House of Delegates meeting in Honolulu, members of the American Medical Association (AMA) again vocalized its opposition to...Read More »
When CMS stopped paying for healthcare-associated infections such as catheter-associated blood stream infection and urinary tract infections, the...Read More »
More than $10 million: That’s what Florida-based BayCare Health System agreed to pay the federal government to settle a four-year investigation of...Read More »
CDI networking efforts have grown since ACDIS’ inception to nearly 40 local chapters across the country. They range in formality but share the...Read More »
On October 16, Representative Sam Graves (R-MO) introduced legislation to reform Recovery Auditors (RA) through various financial penalties and...Read More »
A recent proposed settlement agreement could expand Medicare benefits to the chronically ill and require updates to the Medicare Benefit Policy...Read More »
Hospitals stand to lose about $1.2 million in annual reimbursement revenue for each 1% drop in its surgical complication rates, according to a...Read More »
Following the close of each fiscal year (FY) quarter, CMS releases statistics for the amount of overpayments and underpayments made each quarter....Read More »
