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.
The non-profit Patient Rights Advocate reviewed 43 Iowa hospitals and found 26 hospitals, or 60% percent, are non-compliant with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
Nearly two weeks after the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare that has disrupted claims processing across the U.S., doctors are beginning to face a no win choice - stop treating patients or stop paying staff.
Community Health Systems is facing a new federal probe into its hospital billing practices more than four years after the hospital chain settled separate allegations of fraudulent overbilling.