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Thursday, 02 July 2009 16:14 |
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released three National Coverage Determinations, which state that CMS will not pay for surgical errors.
CMS | reimbursement | surgical errors |
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Written by Staff
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 14:26 |
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its proposed payment rate and policy changes for ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments for Jan. 1, 2010, according to a CMS news release.
CMS | Medicaid | Medicare | OPPS | payment rate | surgery centers |
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Written by Staff
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 18:54 |
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has several announced proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2010, which are expected to reduce payment rates to physicians by 21.5 percent, according to a CMS news release.
CMS | Medicare | physician reimbursement |
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Written by Staff
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 16:51 |
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The 12 hospitals and 21 surgery centers in Rhode Island have agreed to a new surgical protocol to prevent wrong-site surgery errors, according to a report in The Providence Journal.
hospitals | protocol | Rhode Island | surgery centers | wrong-site surgery |
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Written by Staff
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 15:34 |
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Md., has agreed to pay $2.75 million to the United States Government to settle allegations that the hospital submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs, according to a news release from the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
False Claims Act | Johns Hopkins Bayview | Maryland |
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