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Finance
21st Century Oncology to Pay $26M for Fraud, Kickback Allegations
The payment will resolve Stark Act and False Claims Act allegations against the Florida-based provider, which self-disclosed the violations and...
Strategy
Feedback Floods in on CMS’ Proposed Physician Fee Schedule
MGMA, AMGA, and ACP comments urge reduction of administrative burden for providers treating Medicare beneficiaries in 2018.
Innovation
Meaningful Use Legislation Lead to an Increase in EHR Adoption, Study Shows
Despite constant arguments to the contrary, a recent study shows that the Meaningful Use program has sped up the conversion...
Strategy
MedPAC Wants to Redesign MIPS, Unify Post-Acute Payments
An alternative construct for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System would withhold a portion of payments for clinicians that they would...
Innovation
Feds ID $729M in Improper EHR Payments
Audit estimates that 12% of the $6 billion in electronic health record incentive payments made to hospitals, physicians and other...
Innovation
MU 'Modified Stage 2' Gives CIOs Some Breathing Room
Relief is welcome, but the challenges that hospital physicians face in complying with MACRA starting in 2017 will be followed...
Innovation
IT Adapts to MACRA, ONC Final Rules
While providers praise flexibility, work is just beginning on which technology will work best, and whether regulations are too little...
Innovation
ONC Chief Talks MACRA, Meaningful Use
Under MACRA, improvements to meaningful use will continue, as will opportunities for information exchange, predicts the National Coordinator for Health...
Finance
MACRA, the End of Meaningful Use, and Beyond
The move from meaningful use to the value-based payment world of MACRA, MIPS, and the APMs is coming into focus.