Congress was close to a solution before getting hit with millions of dollars of ads from private-equity firms. Then the pandemic struck. By Sarah Kliff, Oct. 13, 2020, The New York Times. An intubated coronavirus… Read More
When a provider treats a Medicare patient, the provider must tell Medicare what services were provided so that Medicare can reimburse the doctor the correct amount. Certain services have higher reimbursement amounts than others –a… Read More
What is Phantom Billing? By Berger Montague Attorneys. Medicare fraud broadly refers to any individual, company or corporation who acts intentionally to steal money from the federal government. “Phantom billing” is a specific kind of Medicare… Read More
I’ve come across some astounding charges investigating how emergency rooms bill patients. A woman in California fell off her bike and now faces a $20,243 bill. A patient in New Jersey never got past the...
By Jane Mundy, forlawyersandsettlements.com. Surgical stapler lawsuits aimed at medical device manufacturers claim that these defective surgical staplers have caused serious injuries—for many years: The majority of complications were concealed from the public by the… Read More
The gap between rates set for private insurers and employers vs. those by the federal government stirs the debate over a government-run health plan. By Reed Abelson, The New York Times, Sept. 18, 2020. Hospitals across… Read More
A state-by-state report measuring access to care, quality of care, health outcomes, and health disparities across the United States by David C. Radley, Sara R. Collins, and Jesse C. Baumgartner for The Commonwealth Fund. See...
Is the doctor you chose the one holding the scalpel? Maybe not. You have a legal right to informed consent, but failure to adequately and properly inform the patient of who will be performing an… Read More
Why You May Want to Avoid These 2 Types of Blood Pressure Meds By Gigen Mammoser for Healthline – Updated on March 19, 2018. Experts urge a change in medication to decrease the risk of...
Article Summary: The controversy over inadequate protective equipment has come to embody what critics describe as a haphazard federal effort to protect the 1.5 million Americans who live in nursing homes. By: Andrew Jacobs, The… Read More