Revenue news and information

While physicians in general generated less net revenue for their affiliated hospitals last year, primary-care doctors generated more, on average, than other specialists, according to a survey of hospital chief financial officers conducted by Merritt Hawkins, an Irving, Texas-based physician...
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HHS' inspector general's office is launching an in-depth investigation into cases where Medicare hospice beneficiaries get inpatient care, following unusual billing patterns that surfaced during recent research on the $1.1 billion industry.
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Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla., is facing a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, potentially related to its billing and accounting practices.
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HCA, Nashville, today reported its final first-quarter results, adding a little more color on a performance it already previewed last month.
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Accretive Health's ongoing shakeup of top management in the wake of a billing and collection scandal continues to focus on recruiting outsiders without healthcare experience.
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Vanguard Health Systems knocked $12 million off the top end of its forecast for its current fiscal year after tallying lackluster earnings for the quarter ended March 31.
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Florida is one of a growing number of states where time is running out for lawmakers to make a deal on expanding Medicaid.
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Investor-owned hospital chains continued to report unexceptional first-quarter earnings this week, but good news from the CMS on 2014 Medicare payments renewed investor confidence in the sector.
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CareFusion Corp., the publicly traded devicemaker spun off from Cardinal Health, announced that it will enter into an agreement with federal investigators to pay $41 million and avoid criminal prosecution for its past sales and marketing of antiseptic surgical wipes.
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A Moody's Investors Service report shows that five out of the six not-for-profit hospitals that saw their credit ratings fall in the first quarter were facilities with under $500 million in revenue.
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