Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
JCAHO STAYS ON FOR HOSPICE ACCREDITATION
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- Medicare Private Plans:
PPOs WON'T PROLONG MEDICARE SOLVENCY, SAYS CMS
Adding preferred provider organizations to Medicare, as the White House strongly advocates, won't significantly improve [...] - Pharmaceuticals:
Senate Finance Produces Bipartisan Rx Plan
Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and ranking Democrat Max Baucus (DMT) unveiled a [...] - Hospitals:
CMS ISSUES FINAL OUTLIER RULE
Hospitals will have until Oct. 1, 2003, before their most up-to-date cost data is used [...] - Hospitals:
RECRUITMENT PLAN DRAWS FEDS' IRE
Double-Check Your Physician Relocation Programs The controversial intersection between physician recruitment and Stark and anti-kickback [...] - Pharmaceuticals:
PHARMA ENFORCEMENT REACHES A BOIL
Drug Giant Targeted In Criminal Probe The aggressive health care fraud enforcement team at the [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
200 PROVIDERS EXCLUDED PER MONTH
Medicaid rebates were at the center of the biggest health care fraud settlement over the [...] - Business Arrangements:
RADIOLOGIST-HOSPITAL JV CLEARS ANTI-KICKBACK HURDLES
Other Specialties Could Face Trickier Path The fact that radiologists don't typically order the tests [...] - HIPAA:
KNOW WHEN NOT TO SECURE A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT
Health care providers and plans may not have as many Health Insurance Portability and Accountability [...] - Long-Term Care:
LTCHs SET FOR 2.5 PERCENT RAISE
So Long, Satellite Bed Restrictions Long-term care hospitals won't have to deal with potential restrictions [...] - Hospice:
JCAHO STAYS ON FOR HOSPICE ACCREDITATION
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will serve as a national accrediting organization [...] - Reimbursement :
DSH PITFALLS EMERGE IN OIG SCRUTINY
If you've had your disproportionate share hospital payment calculations challenged for including physician practice plan [...] - People
New Face Atop Troubled OIG As exiting HHS Office of Inspector General chief Janet Rehnquist [...] - Bill Watch
The following bills were introduced in the House: H.R. 2323. A bill to amend to [...] - Register Watch
The end-stage renal disease demonstration program, announced by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator [...] - PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP
Home health agencies in Connecticut and Massachusetts may be in line for a paperwork break [...]
