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Rulon Stacey to join Fairview Health Services as president, CEO
By Melanie Evans | September 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, announced that Rulon Stacey will succeed Mark Eustis, who retired at the system's president and CEO more than a year ago as Fairview faced inquiries into its billing and collection practices.
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More doctors changing to a 'pay-first' policy for elective surgery
By KSNV (Las Vegas) | September 17, 2013
A growing number of physicians in the Las Vegas area have implemented a pay-first policy for elective surgeries. Too many patients seem to not be paying their bills.
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Clout drives costs, study says | 'Must have' hospitals wield bargaining leverage
By Joe Carlson | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Teaching hospitals and other expensive, prestigious hospitals have long argued that providing medical education and the best equipment available drives their costs.
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CMS takes aim at 'facility' fees | Rule would replace five code prices with flat rate
By Fred Schulte | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Federal officials for more than a decade have let hospitals charge Medicare varying rates for certain emergency department overhead and staffing costs called “facility” fees—a controversial policy some critics believe invites overcharges.
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Mobile Doctors CEO, physician arrested in alleged Medicare fraud scheme
By Andis Robeznieks | August 27, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The CEO and a physician at Mobile Doctors, a Chicago-based provider of physician house-call services in six states, were arrested in connection with an alleged Medicare fraud scheme involving upcoding for in-home visits and falsely certifying that patients were confined to their homes.
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Shands HealthCare to pay $26 million over false claims
By Modern Healthcare | August 19, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Shands HealthCare agreed to pay $26 million to resolve allegations that its hospitals billed government health programs for inpatient claims that should have been coded as outpatient services.
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Targeting bad debt | Hospitals getting proactive on billing
By Beth Kutscher | August 17, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As patients are forced to pay a bigger share of their medical bills, bad debt will remain a concern for providers—even as more Americans gain insurance coverage under healthcare reform.
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Hospitals are sued for not sending bills to insurers
By Kansas City (Mo.) Star | August 09, 2013
Jonathon Layden was once confident that if he were ever injured, he could count on his health insurance to help pay his medical bills. But after he was patched up following an auto accident in 2011, Research Medical Center didn't submit his bill to his Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance.
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Planned Parenthood to pay Texas $1.4 million to settle alleged fraud
By Reuters | July 25, 2013
Women's health group Planned Parenthood has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.4 million to settle allegations of fraud in billing to a health program for the poor, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said on Wednesday.
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Kareo acquires medical billing company ECCO Health
By Rachel Landen | July 24, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Kareo, provider of cloud-based medical office software and services for small practices, has acquired medical billing and practice-management company ECCO Health.
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