by Modern Healthcare | Jan 21, 2021 | Healthcare
The U.S. Justice Department recovered more than $1.8 billion from healthcare-related False Claims Act settlements in 2020, marking the first time in more than a decade that they failed to clear $2 billion in returns, according to new federal data. Healthcare-related...
by Michael Brady | Jan 20, 2021 | Healthcare
MedPAC’s commissioners were especially interested in how to address payments to skilled nursing facilities moving forward. MedPAC “Medicare’s payments (to skilled nursing facilities) are too high relative to the cost of care,” said Carol...
by Dr. Sachin H. Jain | Jan 13, 2021 | Healthcare
President-elect Joe Biden won election with a mandate to continue the healthcare reforms begun by President Barack Obama. On the campaign trail, Biden pledged to protect and build on the Affordable Care Act. Medicare Many people have urged Biden to make good on his...
by Steven Ross Johnson | Jan 4, 2021 | Healthcare
At Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, N.Y., Dr. Alan Roth oversees care delivery operations for one of the most diverse patient populations in the country, serving people from 130 countries speaking more than 160 languages. Hospitals During the 30 years Roth...
by jfinison | Jan 1, 2021 | Healthcare, News
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights on Friday issued guidance addressing how HIPAA permits the use of health information exchanges to disclose protected health information for public health purposes. OCR A covered entity is...
by jfinison | Dec 31, 2020 | Healthcare
When it came to revenue cycle management, St. Joseph’s Health, one of New Jersey’s largest safety net health systems, used to be very fragmented between ambulatory and acute care settings. THE PROBLEM Entering charges was done by hand, rather than through an automated...
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