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Payer
The Change Healthcare Attack: What Payers Need To Know
The attack is rippling through the healthcare industry and affecting everyone, including payers.
Finance
CA AG Boosts Bill Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports
If enacted, California would become the third state to remove medical bills from consumer credit reports.
Payer
Biden Team, UnitedHealth Struggle to Restore Paralyzed Billing Systems After Cyberattack
Since the Feb. 21 cyberattack on Change Healthcare, many providers haven't been able to electronically bill for their services.
Revenue Cycle
Whistleblower Accuses Aledade, Largest U.S. Independent Primary Care Network, of Medicare Fraud
Aledade Inc.'s billing apps allegedly improperly boosted revenues by adding overstated medical diagnoses to patients' EHRs.
Technology
Will the Change Healthcare Cyberattack Prompt a Federal Response?
The American Medical Association is urging the Health and Human Services Department to address the outage, including making money and...
Revenue Cycle
What To Expect During Today's PFE NOW Summit
Building a positive patient financial experience is the cornerstone to any successful revenue cycle.
Payer
Without Medicare Part B's Shield, Patient's Family Owes $81K for a Single Air-Ambulance Flight
Sky-high bills from air-ambulance providers have sparked complaints and federal action in recent years.
Revenue Cycle
Best Practices to Avoid Improper Billing
Billing may be a meticulous process, but sometimes things fall through the cracks.
Revenue Cycle
How Would You Rate Your Organization’s Billing Quality?
Two Johns Hopkins University professors proposed five metrics for billing quality benchmarking.
Revenue Cycle
MultiCare Faces Fraud Allegations in DOJ, Washington State Complaint
The allegations stem from a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a former neurosurgeon at Deaconness Hospital in Spokane.
Payer
Medicare Certifies Hospices in California Despite State Ban on New Licenses
The agency has rolled out sweeping changes to target end-of-life care providers that were billing for unneeded services, but some...
Payer
New York City Joins Local Governments in Erasing Billions in Medical Debt
The idea of local government erasing debt emerged a couple of years ago in Chicago.