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- Slash Your Medical Bills: 7 Ways to Haggle
- Don?t be shy about bargaining over doctors? fees and hospital charges. Insurance companies pay a small fraction of the list price of medical procedures. You have nothing to lose, and lots to gain, by asking for a similar deal. Rising out-of-pocket costs have...
- Articles 2009-11-04
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- Giant Hospital Chain Settles with Justice Department in Record Fraud Case.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Dec. 15--HCA--The Healthcare Company, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the nation, yesterday agreed to pay $840 million in criminal fines, civil penalties and damages for unlawful billing practices, the Justice Department said. Dec. 15--HCA--The Healthcare Company, the largest for-profit hospital chain in...
- Research articles 2000-12-14
- U.S. Justice Tells Six Minnesota-Area Institutions to Review Medicaid Billing.(Originated from Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn.)
- Oct. 15--The U.S. Justice Department has told six of Minnesota's most prestigious hospitals to review their Medicaid and Medicare outpatient laboratory billing practices going back to 1991, executives acknowledged Tuesday. Hospital officials met several weeks ago with representatives from the...
- Research articles 1997-10-15
- Several Georgia Hospitals Accused of Improper Billing to Medicare.
- By Andy Miller, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 18--Emory University Hospital, Emory Crawford Long Hospital and Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta are among 27 hospitals accused of improperly billing Medicare for surgical procedures involving experimental cardiac devices...
- Research articles 2002-12-18
- Justice Department Joins Suit Alleging Fraudulent Billing at Dallas Hospital.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Dec. 13--The U.S. Justice Department has joined a social worker's whistle-blower lawsuit against Integrated Health Services Inc., charging that the company fraudulently billed Medicare for several million dollars at a Dallas hospital. Dec. 13--The U.S. Justice Department has joined a social worker's whistle-blower...
- Research articles 2000-12-12
- Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta to Pay U.S. $26 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations
- To: MEDICAL EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007, TDD: +1-202-514-1888 Settlement Resolves Investigation of Hospitals Claims for Inpatient AdmissionsWASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta Inc. and Saint Josephs Health System Inc. have agreed to pay the United States $26 million to...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- Tenet Hospital Chain Settles Suit over Florida Medicare Billing.
- By John Dorschner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 25--In the largest settlement of its kind, the Tenet hospital chain agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a government lawsuit that its North Ridge Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale overbilled...
- Research articles 2004-03-25
- Per-Se Technologies to Improve Documentation, Coding Process for Holy Family Medical Center's Department of Emergency Medicine
- ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Per-Se Technologies (Nasdaq: PSTI), the leader in Connective Healthcare that helps physicians and hospitals realize their financial goals, announced it will provide solutions to improve business processes for the emergency medical department of Holy Family Medical Center, a 184-bed not-for-profit hospital located in the Chicago suburb of...
- Research articles 2004-09-14
- Doctors, Health Plans Vs. Hospitals in ICD-10 Coding-System Battle
- In the high-stakes battle over a new diagnosis and procedure coding system for the U.S. health care industry, hospitals are pitted against physicians, who are allied gulp with health insurers. That’s right! Despite the longstanding hostility between doctors and managed-care plans, 10 physician and medical practice societies,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- On The Road to Coding Paradise (or Armageddon)
- With the Department of Health and Human Services' release on Jan. 15 of the final rule for the ICD-10 code set and a supporting transaction standard, the U.S. is finally on the road to converting to the diagnostic coding system that most other advanced countries use. Bending to pleas from...
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
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