In Anamosa, Iowa — a town of fewer than 6,000 residents located more than 900 miles from the nation’s capital — rural hospital leader Eric Briesemeister is watching for Congress’ next move. The 22-bed hospital Briesemeister runs averages about seven inpatients each night, and its most recent federal filings show it earned just $95,445 in annual net income from serving patients.
Tower Health has announced a new partnership with Ensemble Health Partners that will see the Ohio-based company take over the health system's day-to-day billing and patient management.
Phantom billing occurs when fraudulent charges are filed to Medicare by healthcare providers/doctors and medical equipment companies without the recipient's knowledge.
As the result of a recent cyberattack against a company contracted with Singing River Health System, some customers will be asked to follow new payment instructions.
Proposed amendment would duplicate similar effort to leverage more funds for state’s hospitals. State lawmakers are loading up an effort to leverage millions in additional federal funds to help stem the closing of skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska. Under an amendment being drafted for State Sen. Myron Dorn of Adams, the state would apply for higher reimbursement of patient care via the federal Hospital Quality Assurance and Access Assessment Act.
The state's Department of Human Services (DHS) is advising health care providers of an alternative way of filing Medicaid claims after the Change Healthcare cyberattack. Many hospitals, doctors, nursing homes, and other providers have found themselves unable to file for payments after the Feb. 21 ransomware attack on Change, which is owned by UnitedHealth Group and is one of the nation’s largest electronic clearinghouses for processing healthcare claims.