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Regulatory
Claims denials on the rise, complicating revenue collection, survey finds
Denial rates have steadily increased, with providers seeing rejection rates as high as 10% to 15%. October 1, 2024, Jeff…
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Financial
Indiana Hospital System Agrees to Pay United States $345M to Settle Claims of Medicare Fraud Brought by CFO-turned-whistleblower, Represented by Joseph Greenwald & Laake
Settlement breaks record for largest recovery of its kind in U.S. history INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The United States Department…
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Financial
More than 30% of hospitals are near the “danger zone” of denial rates
The pandemic has only made the trend worse, as 33% of hospital executives report average claims denial rates of 10%…
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Regulatory
DOJ charges 149 people for hundreds of millions of dollars of healthcare fraud, drug diversion
by Paige Minemyer | Sep 30, 2019 The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced several healthcare fraud takedowns of late, resulting in dozens of charges,…
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Hospitals
MiMedx Reaches Settlement With Medline Industries And Liventa Bioscience For Certain Claims
MARIETTA, Ga., June 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic…
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Robotics
Maker of $1.5 Million Surgical Robot Hid More Than 700 Injury Claims, Insurer Says
By Kartikay Mehrotra It’s health insurers’ cardinal rule: disclose pre-existing conditions. Now comes a case in which that familiar…
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Spine
NJ Doctor Escapes Most Claims In Suit Over Spinal Implants
By John Kennedy Law360, New York (March 3, 2016, 8:26 PM ET) — A New Jersey doctor on Thursday escaped…
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Financial
Communication Issues Can Lead to Malpractice Claims
By David Troxel, MD In almost half of the medical malpractice claims against orthopedists, patients allege improper performance of surgery.…
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Financial
One Symptom in New Medical Codes: Doctor Anxiety
By Robert Pear TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The nation’s health care providers are under orders to start using a new…
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Hospitals
CMS delays enforcement of ‘two-midnight’ rule again
By Ayla Ellison With the current delay set to expire Sept. 30, CMS has extended the partial enforcement delay of…
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