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The DME industry has changed a lot over the last decade (a huge understatement if you’re talking to providers who’ve experienced it).Between reimbursement pressure, competitive bidding, rising equipment costs, and increasingly complex documentation requirements, many...
Since the unprecedented Philips Respironics recall, many medical societies and patient advocacy organizations are working together to ensure uninterrupted patient treatment due to policy requirements. Patient Treatment Disruption Although Philips hasn't provided a...
For DME providers, bank reconciliation helps identify any potential accounting or banking errors before it becomes a more extensive problem. When you reconcile with your bank, you’re comparing your accounting records to your bank statement to make sure all the...
The Philips Respironics recall notification impacts: Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure (Bi-Level PAP) devices Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices Mechanical ventilator devices Most of the recalled machines are part of the first-generation DreamStation...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes Friday to its often-critiqued five-star rating system for nursing home quality, changes that are likely to negatively affect the ratings for thousands of facilities. Among the adjustments: the...
UPMC said it is confident it will collect the $118 million it is seeking in a lawsuit against health insurer Highmark Inc. The hospital giant booked $118 million in money owed to the system by Highmark over two fiscal years for the period ending Dec. 31, which...
The separation agreement between UPMC and Highmark Inc. has begun raising questions, barely two weeks after Gov. Tom Corbett announced the pact. In a message sent Wednesday to health insurance brokers, UPMC picked apart Highmark’s interpretation of their separation...
Kindred Healthcare Inc raised its hostile bid for a stake in Gentiva Health Services Inc, stepping up its pursuit of the home healthcare services provided by Gentiva to an aging U.S. population. Hospital operator Kindred offered $16 per share for a 14.9 percent stake...
Highmark Inc. and Armstrong County Memorial Hospital on Monday announced a multi-year contract extension. The new agreement builds on the insurer’s existing relationship with the hospital and benefits Highmark members in the Armstrong County area by providing...
A month after the freshly cobbled Allegheny Health Network had unveiled its new logo and advertising campaign in a media event last July, the system's brand recognition was at 11 percent. Today -- after a year of countless television ads, radio spots, print spreads,...
A group of physicians in Palm Beach and Broward counties working under a new Medicare pay-for-performance program qualified for a $4.2 million bonus from the government this year for reducing costs while meeting healthcare quality benchmarks during their first year in...
The boards of Beaumont Health System, Botsford Health Care and Oakwood Healthcare have unanimously approved an agreement to combine their operations into a new $4 billion health care organization. Under the terms of the agreement, the three systems are creating a new,...
