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TOLEDO, OH – Reaction to the proposed purchase of Manor Care Inc. has been muted since the nursing home chain announced a proposed leveraged buyout of the company. Manor Care op...
WASHINGTON – Medicare officials announced on July 2 a new effort to combat fraudulent billing in two areas of the country where bilking the public program seems to be prevalent....
Rural home care provider makes expansion moves A provider network of home health and hospice services has entered a partnership with the University of Tennessee Medical Center to expa...
WHO: Healthcare costs drive global poverty Healthcare costs are not just a major concern in the United States, according to a report published in Health Affairs. Healthcare is respons...
JACKSONVILLE, FL – Studies suggest that as much as 35 percent of medical charges submitted by doctors to insurance companies for reimbursement are denied. “That’...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Quality initiatives are not a financial drain for Spectrum Health. Rather, they’ve added to the system’s bottom line. In fact, aside from saving money o...
WASHINGTON – As of July, the nation’s providers were still waiting for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue the final regulation to implement radical changes in the reimbu...
WASHINGTON – After Congress deferred a 5 percent cut to physicians’ reimbursements for Medicare services late last year, the Congressional Budget Office warned that the deferral could resu...
WASHINGTON – Both the public and private sectors took steps last month to test the concept that keeping employees healthy will save money on healthcare. In Washington, two...
Reps. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) introduced a bill July 24 to protect rural pharmacies from potential financial disaster. Medicaid reim...