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By: Michelle Leppert, November 2, 2009
The 2010 OPPS final rule released on Friday contains few surprises, but does finalize two changes that received considerable attention when CMS proposed them.
By: Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, November 2, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission is delaying enforcement of its identity theft Red Flags Rule for a fourth time, pushing back the November 1 deadline to June 1, 2010.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, November 3, 2009
An uncommon type of MRSA called USA600 appears much more lethal when it infects the bloodstream than more common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to a study.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, November 2, 2009
South Dakota-based Sanford Health and North Dakota-based MeritCare Health System wrapped up months of negotiations and formally announced that they have merged to become one of the nation's largest, nonprofit, integrated rural healthcare systems.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, November 2, 2009
The Sisters of Mercy Health System announced today that it has finalized a deal with Catholic Health Initiatives to assume sponsorship of St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO.
By: Les Masterson, for HealthLeaders Media, November 2, 2009
In what could be the first of a number of fines against health insurance companies, the Georgia insurance commissioner fined UnitedHealthcare and three related companies a combined $750,000 for allegedly not paying thousands of health claims promptly.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, November 3, 2009
The federal system designed to sniff out fraud and abuse within Medicare's Part D prescription drug benefit has been largely thwarted because it lacked authority to obtain and analyze prescription order data, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, November 2, 2009
HCA has named Richard M. Bracken as the new chairman of HCA's board of directors, effective Dec. 15. He will replace Jack O. Bovender, Jr., 64, who will retire from the company on the same day.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, November 2, 2009
Healthcare unions aren't initiating as many organizing elections now as they have in recent years, but a new study shows that when organized labor picks a target, they usually win.
By: Karen Minich-Pourshadi, for HealthLeaders Media, November 2, 2009
There's a sunny side to complying with the Red Flags Rule: minimal cost to implement and the return on this investment could reduce your bad debt.