A leading primary care physicians association is warning its members that Congress, bogged down by partisan squabbling, may not be able to delay the 21.2% cuts to Medicare reimbursements that go into effect Thursday.
Whistleblower lawsuits and multimillion dollar Medicare fraud settlements involving otherwise reputable hospitals and health systems are becoming standard media fodder on the Department of Justice Web site. As is almost always the case, the accused providers are also...
After a five-month, nationwide search, Karen M. Bell, MD, has been named chair of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, effective April 26. Bell, an internist, and most recently the senior vice president of HIT Services at Masspro, replaces...
The theft of 57 hard drives from a BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee training facility last fall has put at risk the private information of nearly one million customers in at least 32 states, the insurer said week in an investigative update. So far, there has been no...
The American College of Radiology announced it will launch a Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Accreditation Program on May 10. It will provide peer-review assessment of facilities' breast MRI services equipment, processes, and the quality of their images.
Atlanta-based Saint Joseph's Health System and Piedmont Healthcare have signed a letter of intent to create a joint operating company serving northern Georgia, the two health systems announced. The JOC would be co-sponsored by the two nonprofit systems, which are...
Health insurance plans that colleges, universities, and trade schools endorse or mandate for students cost too much for the coverage provided, and are running afoul of federal protections recently signed into law, according to a new report by the New York Attorney...
A trade group for outpatient surgery centers is challenging a new study that found that doctors invested in the centers perform about twice as many surgeries as doctors with no such financial stake. The Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee said the report made "...
Five more states have joined the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health reform law. Indiana, North Dakota, Mississippi, Nevada, and Arizona announced this week that they will join 13 other states that filed suit just minutes after President...
