By Jay Weaver, The Miami Herald One of the state’s wealthiest healthcare operators was arrested Friday at his Miami Beach waterfront estate on charges of orchestrating the nation’s biggest Medicare fraud scheme — $1 billion…. Read More
I am claim number 165XXXXXXX. Staring up at the ceiling, I am being wheeled, flat-backed and vulnerable, into a surgery I never in a million years expected to be having. So lucky they caught it… Read More
By Garcia-Retamero, Galesic M. From ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. In the past decade, the number of lawsuits for medical malpractice has risen significantly. This could affect the way doctors make decisions for their patients. To investigate whether and why… Read More
By Deborah Gesensway, Today’s Hospitalist. Studies show that it can take as long as 20 hours to recognize when an inpatient is having a stroke Because they work at a Joint Commission-certified primary stroke center,… Read More
By Jodie Tillman, Condensed from the Tampa Bay Times. Even with in-network hospital, insurance may not cover ER physicians. When her husband, Charles, showed signs of heart trouble in January, Donna Baker didn’t hesitate to… Read More
By Shelby Livingston, Modern Healthcare. The U.S. Justice Department has joined a whistle-blower lawsuit claiming that UnitedHealth Group and affiliated health plans have been gaming the Medicare program and fraudulently collecting millions of dollars by claiming… Read More
By DENISE GRADY – The New York Times. Hospitals make money from their own mistakes because insurers pay them for the longer stays and extra care that patients need to treat surgical complications that could… Read More
Source: Mayo Clinic News Network . A group of 118 of the nation’s leading cancer experts have drafted a prescription for reducing the high cost of cancer drugs and voiced support for a patient-based… Read More
By Brian Klepper, PhD. RUC Is a Deep Root of Our Healthcare Crisis. “One of the biggest mistakes we made…is that we took the RUC…back in 1992 and gave it to the AMA…It’s incredibly political,… Read More
By William Heisel, centerforhealthjournalism.org. Hospitals would disappear without the communities that support them. We pay their bills through our insurance premiums, co-pays, and out-of-pocket payments. We help them buy new equipment or add new wings… Read More