by Keith Kuhn | Jun 25, 2013 | Government, Reimbursement
In a June 21 letter to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Reps. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., and Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, call on the agency to investigate the possibility that CMS deliberately overlooked its own rules when awarding contracts for competitive bidding,...
by Keith Kuhn | Jun 25, 2013 | Payor
Allstate Insurance Company is seeking to recover $6.6 million in treble damages against 80 New York and Florida area defendants in its 4th insurance fraud lawsuit of 2013. Since 2003, Allstate has filed 48 fraud lawsuits in New York State seeking more than $237...
by Keith Kuhn | Jun 25, 2013 | Beneficiary
A new website and toll-free call center to help Americans navigate the new health insurance marketplace, a key component of the Affordable Care Act, were announced Monday by the federal government. The Healthcare.gov website and the 24-hour-a-day call center will help...
by Keith Kuhn | Jun 24, 2013 | Industry, Provider
Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp will buy smaller rival Vanguard Health Systems Inc for about $1.73 billion plus the assumption of debt to expand into new geographies. U.S. hospital stocks have rallied this year as investors expect the companies to benefit as...
by Keith Kuhn | Jun 24, 2013 | Payor, Reimbursement
Oregon’s House of Representatives has revived a measure that will prevent abusive payment practices to ASCs by Regence BlueCross BlueShield, according to The Lund Report. The measure, called the rider amendment, was tacked onto Senate Bill 724, which passed a...
