The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released many online tools that are aimed to help physicians through pending Medicare payment and delivery changes. This will improve their opportunity for...
State officials say that the premiums for Affordable Care Act plans will increase by an average of 19% in the state of Florida in the next year. Federal officials,...
A research team led by AnneMarie Walker-Czyz, EdD, RN, recently conducted a study on the quality of care provided to the patients and on clinical workflow before and after...
In the next few months, CMS will announce a final rule on implementing MACRA. Some Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have already started to analyze the new value-based reimbursement plans....
The health technology startup, Theranos, face another major challenge, as the Democrats have demanded the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
The Department of Justice recently published the results of their largest takedown on Medicare fraud. Almost 301 individuals were arrested in the process and the total frauds accumulated to...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced a new initiative, namely ‘A Bill You Can Understand’, in order to simplify the medical billing process and help...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a survey data in their recently held Annual Meet, which says that almost all hospitals in the...
Boston Medical Centre (BMC) and two physician practice organizations working under it were spotted for medical billing fraud allegations. According to the reports, they have now agreed to pay...
Towards the end of January, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) let out their annual report on Budget and Economic Outlook. CBO is a congressional agency of non-partisan nature, which...
There are heavy controversies surrounding the tactics used by the RAC audits to date. But despite this, they have been instrumental in saving Medicare significant money through the audits...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) insists that Exchange Sold Health Plans should be based on a set of requirements. As such, it has released a list...