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A former Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) nurse accused the hospital chain of fraudulently billing the federal government for services at...Read More »

CMS recently reissued ...Read More »

Jefferson Medical Associates, a now dissolved, multi-specialty practice group in Laurel, Mississippi, and neurologist Aremmia Tanious, MD, have...Read More »

On an annual basis, sepsis affects about 1.7 million American adults. The infection is...Read More »

About 30% of ED visits among patients with common chronic conditions are potentially unnecessary, leading to $8.3 billion in additional healthcare...Read More »

An inpatient study published in the Journal of the Academy of...Read More »

Federal fraud watchdog agencies may be taking a closer look at Medicare Advantage in 2019, according to a recent...Read More »

Insufficient documentation. That’s the biggest reason for improper payments for Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code...Read More »

HACs declined by 13% between 2014 and 2017, preventing an estimated 20,500 deaths and $7.7 billion in healthcare costs, according to...Read More »

Although bundled payment programs have the potential to generate data that can be used to reduce costs and improve the Medicare program, the...Read More »