Brooklyn Daily Eagle – March 10, 2009. “The settlement reached in this case reflects our continuing commitment to vigorously investigate fraud on the Medicare Program.” In accordance with the settlement agreement, the total settlement of the fraud claims could approach a total of $2.8 … Defunct Victory Hospital Settles Medicare Fraud Charges
HFMA – March 10, 2009. A series of articles offers perspectives on health IT and the recently enacted economic stimulus package (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). Click title to read more… David Brailer, the former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, shares lessons from health IT efforts in the Bush administration and […]
This document is from: CMS Manual System Pub. 100-04 Medicare Claims Processing Transmittal 1803 Change Request 6626 Dated August 28, 2009 Subject: October 2009 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) SUMMARY OF CHANGES: This Recurring Update Notification describes changes to and billing instructions for various payment policies implemented in the October […]
This document is from: CMS Manual System Pub. 100-04 Medicare Claims Processing Manual Transmittal 299 Change Request 3444 Dated September 10, 2004 Subject: Use of Condition Code 44, “Inpatient Admission Changed to Outpatient” SUMMARY OF CHANGES: This transmittal implements Chapter 1, Section 50.3, which describes when and how a hospital may change a patient’s status […]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title XIII, Subtitle D (Privacy) begins here. Use the “next page” and “jump to page” icons on the bottom of the pdf to change pages within this document.
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This is a PDF version of President Obama’s new federal budget plan for FY2010, as published by the Office of Management and Budget, Feb. 26, 2009. Of special interest to healthcare providers: see p. 127, Table S-6. This table outlines how the federal government plans to change payments to the health care industry, thereby securing […]
Wall Street Journal – Feb. 27, 2009. Most U.S. doctors still use paper records, but the federal stimulus bill aims to change that by introducing big incentives for docs to buy and use electronic medical records. Click title to read more… The WSJ’s Andy Jordan is taking a road trip to look at how the […]
This is a PDF Transcript of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director of CBO, on Options for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs. Here are some sobering thoughts on efforts to cut health costs. Not only are health-care costs growing, but a lot of the ideas out there to cut them may not result in savings […]