Hundreds of patients left behind by the closure of Atlanta Medical Center, many of them uninsured or underinsured, will need to go somewhere else for care. And nearby healthcare facilities aren’t ready for them.
Texas Health Resources and UT Southwestern Medical Center are seeking an increase of more than $900 million over the next 32 months from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, according to an email the insurer shared with brokers in late September.
To ensure beneficiaries can seamlessly receive care on day one, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will delay the implementation of the NC Medicaid Managed Care Behavioral Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Tailored Plans until April 1, 2023.
Massachusetts has become the latest state to settle with health insurance giant Centene Corp. over allegations that it overbilled the state’s Medicaid program for pharmacy services, KHN has learned.
Kala Sloan, 28, pleaded guilty today to falsifying physician orders on behalf of a company that billed Medicare for millions of dollars. According to the criminal information and evidence summarized in Court, between 2014 and 2021, Carolina Rehab Products, Inc. (CRP) and Blue File DMC, LLC (Blue File) billed Medicare $50 million for durable medical equipment, such as back, shoulder, knee and wrist braces.
