Ochsner, Novant partner on primary care clinics in Southeast
[ad_1] Ochsner Health and Novant Health plan to to build clinics throughout the Southeast that will offer primary care, wellness programs and social services to…
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Outcome Health execs want their fraud convictions overturned. Here’s their argument.
[ad_1] Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal are using a novel argument in asking a federal judge to throw out their April convictions on federal fraud…
EHR company to pay $31M to resolve False Claims Act allegations
[ad_1] NextGen Healthcare agreed to pay $31 million to settle allegations that the electronic health record software developer offered kickbacks to attract users, among other…
The challenges facing emergency departments
[ad_1] The healthcare industry is facing a wide variety of challenges—and solutions aren’t always straightforward. Each month, Modern Healthcare asks leaders in the field to…
Proposed cuts to Medicare physician payments spark calls for overhaul
[ad_1] Doctors would receive a 1.25% pay cut next year under the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule, fueling requests to tie the reimbursement rate…
HCA hit with lawsuits following massive data breach
[ad_1] Lawsuits are trickling in against Nashville-based HCA Healthcare over a massive data breach that disclosed the personal information of nearly 11 million patients. Two…
CMS issues hospital outpatient, ambulatory surgical center pay rule
[ad_1] Hospitals are set to receive a 2.8% increase in Medicare reimbursements for outpatient care in calendar 2024 under a proposed rule the Centers for…
New Hampshire, hospitals resolve lawsuit on holding psychiatric patients in emergency rooms
[ad_1] CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire hospitals and state health officials said Wednesday they will work together to solve the state’s long-standing problem of holding…
HHS proposes to reinstate Obama-era nondiscrimination policies
[ad_1] The Health and Human Services Department has proposed a rule that would codify its nondiscrimination policies after years of partisan back-and-forth and court rulings….
Insurance companies on the hook for record risk-adjustment payment
[ad_1] Among for-profit insurance companies, Bright Health Group’s $1.9 billion charge represents the highest amount owed through the program, according to the Modern Healthcare analysis….