CMS has proposed an extension of its current virtual direct supervision rule through December 31, 2025, and to permanently allow virtual direction supervision for a subset of services.
John Oxendine, a former Georgia insurance commissioner, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme involving ENT clinics.
Hospitals in many markets are closing as they face massive financial challenges, including declining reimbursement rates, shifting market demands and rising practice costs.
ASC development company Atlas Healthcare Partners and Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System have partnered on a joint venture ASC network in the Pacific Northwest.
Overall median net collections increased 4.3% –– lower than the 5.3% overall increase in compensation from 2023 to 2024, according to an American Medical Group Association survey released July 12.
Around two in three physicians see Medicare reimbursement time as a “‘moderate’ issue or worse”, according to Medscape’s “Doctors Evaluate Medicare and Medicaid Report 2024,” published July 12.