by Keith Kuhn | Jan 28, 2014 | Beneficiary, Reimbursement
Seniors beware: Congress is considering changes to what Medicare will pay for, and what’s coming out of your pocket. Congress is getting serious about changes to Medicare, even if that means cutting coverage to services that senior citizens have long enjoyed. At...
by Keith Kuhn | Jan 27, 2014 | Industry
The NCAMES Winter Meeting has been RESCHEDULED for EITHER Feb 10-11 or Feb. 11-12, 2014 at the Grandover Greensboro. (more info later as NCAMES is working on re-booking speakers with the same agenda.) If you know someone planning to attend this meeting, PLEASE forward...
by Keith Kuhn | Jan 27, 2014 | Industry, Provider
Several large healthcare groups are getting on the telehealth train after announcing Wednesday they would be investing some $24 million in the technology. Sutter Health has joined venture capital firms Heritage Group and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors to sign a $23.6...
by Keith Kuhn | Jan 27, 2014 | Provider
Two recent reports from the HHS Office of Inspector General have found billing errors led to Medicare overpayments at two separate hospitals. At 154-bed Morton Hospital in Taunton, Mass., which is part of Boston-based Steward Health Care System, the OIG said billing...
by Keith Kuhn | Jan 26, 2014 | Regulations, Reimbursement
If you use accounts receivable (A/R) to paint a picture of the financial health of HME providers, what you see doesn’t look very good, according to the results of the latest HME Newspoll. A majority of the 46 respondents to the poll—55%—said the portion of their A/R...
