Tag Archive | Health care
Fixing Medicare
There is no way to wrestle down the deficit without reining in Medicare costs. Ensuring that the program provides quality health care coverage to millions of older and disabled Americans is essential. These goals are not incompatible, but they require a judicious approach to policy making that is depressingly absent in Washington. Medicare is nothing […]
Medicare Fraud Costs Taxpayers $60 Billion Per Year
by Patrice Sarath It sometimes seems that there are plenty of businesses in the health care industry based on one strategy – defrauding Medicare. For proof, check out the reams of news reports of home healthcare providers, chiropractors, nursing home operators, hospitals, and other health care businesses that have pleaded guilty to or are under […]
Washington Ratchets Up the Fight Against Medicare Fraud
John Gillmoure / Corbis By Ken Stier When Thuy Thi Le started making presentations to senior citizens in Orange County, California, about guarding against Medicare fraud, she quickly realized that her visits were way overdue. More than 30 seniors from just one apartment building, the Solara Court Apartments in Anaheim, approached her to say that, […]
Report: Role of CMIO, nursing execs evolves to support new technologies
By Beth Walsh A new report from HIMSS Analytics examined the changing roles and responsibilities of CMIOs and chief nursing officers (CNOs), particularly when it comes to medical device integration. The report, “Medical Device Integration: CMIO and CNO Perspectives,” gathered the opinions of CMIOs, CNOs and senior nursing executives about their roles within the healthcare […]
Are There Privacy Impediments to Payers and Providers Joining Forces?
By Bruce Merlin Fried and Rebecca Fayed In recent months, the line between health care providers and payers has become more and more gray. With rising frequency, health plans purchase physician groups, physician groups increasingly bear risk and, under the banner of accountable care organizations, a growing spectrum of delivery systems with insurance licenses begins […]
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