State auditor blasts DHHS for NCTracks problems
State Auditor Beth Wood issued a devastating critique of North Carolina’s launch of a new Medicaid payment system Monday afternoon, saying the program was fraught with problems and the state …
Four in Maryland make Modern Healthcare list of 100 most influential
California has Kaiser Permanente. Minnesota has the Mayo Clinic. Maryland’s strength is in federal agencies. Four health care leaders in Maryland made Modern Healthcare’s annual list of the 100 most …
U.S. Joins Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Physician Compensation by Alabama Health Firm
The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Infirmary Health System Inc. and its related entities—IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic P.C., Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C., and Infirmary Medical …
U.S. District Court in Washington will hear AAHomecare request for immediate delay
U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 27 to consider a request for a temporary restraining order against the scheduled July 1 expansion of …
AAHomecare and DME Provider File Suit Against CMS Official Over Competitive Bidding
The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare), along with a home medical equipment provider from Maryland, announced today the filing of a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., asking …
Industry Casts Further Doubt on Bid Process
H.R. 1717 remains the HME industry’s No. 1 priority, but with time running out, stakeholders are again pressing for a delay in the July 1 start date of Round 2 …
CMS Blacklists Doctors that Default on Student Loans
Over ten percent of all doctors and nurses on the CMS blacklist end up on it because they defaulted on government-backed student loans. Medical workers on the blacklist are barred …
HHS Says Deadline for HITECH Disclosure Rule is now ‘Fluid’
A controversial “accounting of disclosures” provision of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act will probably not be finalized before the scheduled Jan. 1, 2014, deadline …