No action on Medicare cuts until year's end: plus: Abbreviations may s...
June 26, 2006
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Lincare Holdings Inc. has agreed to pay $526,000 to end a federal whis...
June 26, 2006
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Type 2 diabetes accounts for 95 percent of all diabetes cases.(In Othe...
June 26, 2006
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State auditors say Oregon's Seniors and People With Disabilities Divis...
June 26, 2006
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The OIG also profiles two home care-related fraud cases in its latest ...
June 26, 2006
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The OIG is also keeping M0175 on the front burner.(In Other News)(Brie...
June 26, 2006
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High-paying ED visits are on the rise: ED visits could see an upcoding...
June 26, 2006
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July 1 ABN deadline would set agencies scrambling: HHAs should keep a ...
June 26, 2006
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Argument over HHABN implementation heats up between provider, patient ...
June 26, 2006
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Young invincibles: insurers look for ways to sell them coverage: healt...
June 26, 2006
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'Substantial compliance' not enough in deferred comp reimbursement cas...
June 26, 2006
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Abbreviations kill thousands of people per year, according to the Food...
June 26, 2006
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Medical oxygen therapy would continue to be covered by Medicare as a c...
June 26, 2006
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The HHS Office of Inspector General recovered more than $1 billion fro...
June 26, 2006
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Home care providers accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditatio...
June 26, 2006
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Physicians could make it harder for visiting nurses to vaccinate senio...
June 26, 2006
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Correction.(Correction notice)
June 19, 2006
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The North Carolina Medical Board erred in suspending Gary Lustgarten's...
June 19, 2006
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Insurer makes small-business benefit models more appetizing by expandi...
June 19, 2006
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Efficiency key to post-cap survival for oxygen providers: and an act o...
June 19, 2006
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CMS has a lot of work to do to whip Medicare into shape: Medicare can'...
June 19, 2006
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New regulations may breed new opportunities as buzz builds around insu...
June 19, 2006
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Are CDHPs a threat to consumers? NCQA demands protections: consumer ad...
June 19, 2006
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Feds base false claims charges on erroneous cost report: beware this p...
June 19, 2006
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Doctor may have violated killer's confidentiality: 1 in 5 doctors now ...
June 19, 2006
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Nearly 21 percent of doctors interviewed in 2004-2005 said they had ac...
June 19, 2006
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United Regional Health Care System didn't display any malice when it r...
June 19, 2006
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A court must consider whether Ohio physician Josef Korinek was neglige...
June 19, 2006
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House budget resolution excludes Medicare cuts: HHAs still will have a...
June 12, 2006
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The Medicare Advantage market hasn't seen its last acquisition--not by...
June 12, 2006
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Medicare's error rate is improving, according to the latest Comprehens...
June 12, 2006
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The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee passed a bill.(In other n...
June 12, 2006
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The Senate won't pass a bill that aims to ease overcrowding in hospita...
June 12, 2006
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Why stand-alone PDPs are attracting more enrollees--despite higher pre...
June 12, 2006
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Insurers can get huge savings from electronic claims, study shows: tur...
June 12, 2006
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A higher dose of flu vaccine increases the immune response in the elde...
June 12, 2006
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Suppliers of power mobility devices have gained ground in their battle...
June 12, 2006
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The disease management marketplace is evolving as rapidly as DM techni...
June 12, 2006
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The insurance industry is splitting new hairs over pill-splitting.
June 12, 2006
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Doctors with abundant resources at their fingertips are less happy tha...
June 12, 2006
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CMS doesn't feel providers' part D pain, physicians claim; nurse pract...
June 12, 2006
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LTC facilities struggle to solve Part D problems; nursing homes make a...
June 12, 2006
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Challenge: make MA plans more affordable for sicker benes: MA program ...
June 12, 2006
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House budget resolution excludes Medicare cuts: HHAs still will have a...
June 12, 2006
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Also: doctor prescribed Oxycontin to random patients, gets 150 months....
June 05, 2006
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The House passed a 2007 budget resolution that didn't include any Medi...
June 05, 2006
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Home care chains run up revenues while profits languish.(Industry Note...
June 05, 2006
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Final rule won't disrupt organ procurement services: OPOs face new qua...
June 05, 2006
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Industry consolidation means fewer competitors for health plans: antit...
June 05, 2006
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.(In Other News ...)
June 05, 2006
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Plans court new employer customers with consumer-driven benefit design...
June 05, 2006
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Hyannis, MA cardiologist Philip Chiotellis will repay 51.9 million to ...
June 05, 2006
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Physician kickbacks lead to record payout.(Fraud & Abuse)(Brief articl...
June 05, 2006
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Physicians may see more denials for high-cost procedures and high-leve...
June 05, 2006
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Wheelchair suppliers won't just be working with physicians under the n...
June 05, 2006
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Medicare funding problems could pull health plans into the red.(Indust...
June 05, 2006
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Intestine transplant facilities still must have 10 surgeries per year....
June 05, 2006
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Big grants could bring insurers' health IT initiatives to fruition: on...
June 05, 2006
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Moratorium on physician ownership of specialty hospitals almost over: ...
June 05, 2006
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Keep an eye on the charts requested by 'bounty hunters': providers sho...
June 05, 2006
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Deadline to obtain NPIs for new doctors is coming up: carriers won't g...
June 05, 2006
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The House passed a 2007 budget resolution that didn't include any Medi...
June 05, 2006
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