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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson | September 07, 2013
| Print Magazine
Teaching hospitals and other expensive, prestigious hospitals have long argued that providing medical education and the best equipment available drives their costs. FULL STORY »
By Fred Schulte | September 07, 2013
| Print Magazine
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | August 19, 2013
| Basic Web
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. FULL STORY »
By Beth Kutscher | August 17, 2013
| Print Magazine
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
Kareo, provider of cloud-based medical office software and services for small practices, has acquired medical billing and practice-management company ECCO Health. FULL STORY »
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