Study finds 8% of providers are spending upwards of $1 million dealing with post-payment audits each year.
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HHS Secretary Alex Azar: No public health emergency declared in U.S. for coronavirus
Five patients have been identified in this country, with all having traveled from Wuhan, China, where the disease originated.
Critical care improvements may differ depending on a hospital’s patient population
There was a 2% drop in ICU deaths at non-minority hospitals, but the same improvement rate was not seen at minority-serving hospitals.
CMS expands coverage of Next Generation Sequencing for patients with inherited breast and ovarian cancer
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now covering Food and Drug …
HIMSS20 Revenue Cycle Optimization Forum puts the focus on patient-centric solutions
What’s important to the patient is a care plan that integrates shared decision-making on both treatment and cost, speaker says.
Gender pay disparities in healthcare pronounced at the beginning of careers
What was particularly troubling is that the trend appears to be getting worse, with the salary gap widening over time.
Medicare may overpay for many surgical procedures, RAND finds
Surgeons provide only a small share of the postoperative care that is built into the payments they receive from Medicare.
Tufts Health Plan expands telehealth amid Harvard Pilgrim merger
The force driving change is data and consumer demand, expert says.
California in violaton for requiring insurers to offer abortion coverage
Violation comes with threat of withholding federal funding for non-compliance.
Four South Chicago hospitals pursuing $1.1 billion merger into one healthcare system
The hospitals cited persistent health inequities in the region despite effort and investment from the State of Illinois and the local community.
