Medicare
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Hospitals
Upcoding in Medicare Advantage: Transparency can clean the mess
TRUDY LIEBERMAN That the government overpays sellers of Medicare Advantage plans is well known in Beltway circles even if much…
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Doc groups ask Medicare to keep pay data under wraps a little longer
August 7, 2014 by Arezu Sarvestani A coalition of more than 100 medical societies urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
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Spine
UNC receives $6M for back care program
Sarah Chaney News Intern-Triangle Business Journal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s Innovation Center…
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Hospitals
Are Physician’s Writing More Narcotic RX’s to Improve Patient Satisfaction Scores?
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Financial
Medicare billing outliers often have disciplinary problems, too
June 20, 2014 by MassDevice As news organizations analyze data on Medicare payments, doctors with disciplinary records keep popping up(James Mutter/Flickr) by…
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More Than 750 Hospitals Face Medicare Crackdown On Patient Injuries
By Jordan Rau KHN Staff Writer JUN 22, 2014 During a hernia operation, Dorothea Handron’s surgeon unknowingly pierced her bowel. It…
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Prosecutors Gathering Evidence for Grand Jury in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Leak Case
By BRODY MULLINS and ANDREW ACKERMAN WASHINGTON—Prosecutors are gathering evidence for a grand-jury probe into whether congressional staff helped tip Wall Street traders…
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What if Medicare Were the Only Payer?
Written by Bob Herman (Twitter | Google+) | May 06, 2014 Viewed in a vacuum, no other program in the U.S. healthcare system…
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Will Medicare patients be left out of the bionics revolution?
By: Brian Johnson @MassDevice The dawn of the Bionic Man is upon us. Bionic eyes help the blind to see and bionic ears allow…
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CMS plans unprecedented dump of Medicare data | MassDevice.com On Call
April 4, 2014 by Arezu Sarvestani The White House plans to publicize a horde of Medicare physician data, perhaps as early as…
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Osiris Receives Medicare Reimbursement Codes for Grafix(R)
COLUMBIA, Md., May 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. OSIR +3.34% , the leading stem cell company focused on developing and…
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HHS may require doctors to keep Medicare financial records for 10 years
Washington — Physicians would be given two months to return any money flagged as a Medicare overpayment from as far back…
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Senate passes bill delaying Medicare physician payment cut for 2 months
The U.S. Senate passed an amended version of a bill Saturday that postpones a 27.4% Medicarephysician payment decrease scheduled to occur…
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Financial
House passes bill delaying Medicare physician payment cut for 2 years
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday night that forestalls for 2 years a 27.4% physician payment decrease…
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Spine
TranS1: Medicare Contractor Removes Noncoverage Policy For Procedure
TranS1 Inc. (TSON) said a Medicare administrative contractor removed its non-coverage policy for the medical-device company’s spine procedure AxiaLIF effective…
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