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VA Proposal Would Expand Access to Care Via Telemedicine

Challenged by limited healthcare resources, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a proposal that would allow VA healthcare ...
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GAO: CMS Fraud Prevention Working

The days of “pay and chase†in the world of healthcare fraud are waning thanks to fraud prevention methods that ...
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Government Cracking Down on Genetic Testing Labs

As the use of genetic testing has grown in popularity, so too have the number of investigations into allegations that ...
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CMS Issues Guidance on When a Hospital is a Hospital

Is your hospital really a hospital? Well, that depends on whether Medicare deems it so. Earlier this month, the Centers ...
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Joint Commission Issues Alert on Hand-off Communication

“What we have here is a failure to communicate†is a line from the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. It’s ...
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The FCA and the Use of Statistical Sampling

The U.S. Department of Justice late last month agreed to a $275,000 settlement in a False Claims Act case against ...
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New vs. Established Patient Billing: Are You Doing It Properly?

It’s no secret that the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) has been ...
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CMS Revamps Medicare Audit Strategy

Good news for some healthcare providers and not so good news for others. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid has ...
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Have Physicians Embraced the Use of End-of-Life Billing Codes?

It’s been about a year since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved payment for voluntary end-of-life counseling ...
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Proposed Opioid Bill Ensures Patient Privacy While Helping MDs Make Rx Decisions

An estimated one-in-three Americans had a prescription for opioids in 2015 and that number continues to grow. With that growth ...
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