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Payer
How to Avoid Surprise Bills — And the Pitfalls in the New LawThe law's protections against the infuriating, expensive scourge of surprise medical bills may be only as good as a patient's...
Strategy
Missouri's War on Public Health Shows Extent of National RiftThe heartland state's kerfuffle is one more example of political pushback to public health leadership.
Revenue Cycle
2022 Will Be Year of Accounting for Pandemic Relief SpendingThe Biden Administration wants to know how and where hospitals and healthcare systems spent the COVID-19 monies they received. CFOs...
Human Resources
Employee Healthcare Worker Morale, Safety Concerns Rise Without OSHA ETS ProtectionsOSHA withdrew a majority of provisions in its Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard in December 2021.
Strategy
Healthcare Stakeholders React to SCOTUS Vaccine RulingThe court 'halted one of the most effective tools' in gaining control of the virus, the American Medical Association says.
Payer
HHS OIG Updates Healthcare Fraud Self-Disclosure ProtocolThe revision unveiled this week incorporates legal changes made since the last revision to the SDP in 2013.
Payer
Geisinger to Pay $18.5M For Hospice Care Billing ViolationsAfter the violations were discovered, Geisinger Community Health Services told the United States Attorney's Office.
Strategy
3 States Limit Nursing Home Profits in Bid to Improve CareThe mandates mark the first time nursing homes have been told how to spend payments from the government programs and...
Payer
OIG Says TennCare Owes Feds $400M, Maybe MoreThe Volunteer State is also being asked to provide the paperwork or refund another $370 million for improperly documented behavioral...
Strategy
Listen: California Banks on a Bold Treatment: Pay Drug Users to Stop UsingOne addict's story explains how California's unconventional treatment works.
Covid-19
V-Safe: How Everyday People Help the CDC Track COVID Vaccine Safety With Their PhonesHow does v-safe strengthen the nation's existing safety checks and how well is it working?
Payer
CMA Blasts Aetna "Pre-certified" Mandate for Cataract Surgeries California docs say the latest mandate is part of an ongoing and "common practice for health insurance companies to create...