Physician Medicare Reimbursements, Hospitals

Hospitals And Fraud Enforcement

by Michael Volkov on 2/19/2013

The HHS Office of Inspector General has targeted hospitals for fraud enforcement. It is one of the OIG’s most important initiatives because of the impact it could have on reducing health care costs....more

Judge Approves Two-Year Delayed Prosecution of WakeMed

by King & Spalding on 2/14/2013

A Federal district court judge issued a February 8, 2013 order granting a delayed prosecution against Raleigh, NC-based WakeMed Health and Hospitals for allegedly submitting false inpatient bills to Medicare. The...more

What Hospitals Should Know About Payment Changes For 2013

by Janice Anderson, Colleen M. Faddick, Randy Gerber, Sara Iams, Lindsay Kessler, Ann McCullough, Joseph Van Leer | Polsinelli on 1/18/2013

In response to the government’s continued focus on improving quality of care through payment policy, several changes to new and existing regulatory requirements recently came about through the 2013 Inpatient Prospective...more

Payment Matters: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: Physician Cuts Averted, Hospitals to Carry Portion of Price Tag

by Kristen Cilento Carter | Ober|Kaler on 1/17/2013

Avoiding sending American taxpayers over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” Congress enacted the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) [PDF] that was signed into law on January 2, 2013. Of biggest note, the Act included...more

Important Medicare Provisions Contained in Fiscal Cliff Compromise

by King & Spalding on 1/14/2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. While most popular coverage has focused on ATRA’s changes to the tax code, the new law...more

Birmingham Medical News: 2012 Health Care Year In Preview

by Howard E. Bogard | Burr & Forman on 12/6/2012

The health care events of 2012 can be properly divided into "Before" and "After": Before the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act and President Obama's re-election and After. Before these two events, the viability...more

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