A top Republican in the U.S. Senate is questioning Medicare Advantage billing practices at UnitedHealth Group following a critical report last year from a federal watchdog agency and a Wall Street ...
Prolia (denosumab) is a medication for osteoporosis. A healthcare professional administers Prolia via injection under the skin every 6 months. Medicare covers Prolia for beneficiaries. Since a ...
When it comes to Medicare, billing under the wrong physician’s ID can cost doctors and hospitals – literally. Consider these three recent incidents that, taken together, resulted in more than $7 ...
The Biden administration has finalized a rule targeting fraudulent billing in Medicare’s largest value-based care program, after concerning reports of spiking spending on urinary catheters. The ...
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Top federal officials are stepping up scrutiny for doctors and hospitals that may be cheating Medicare by using electronic health records to improperly bill the health plan for more complex and costly ...
While physicians are getting less of a Medicare pay cut than they thought this year (Congress voted to cut Medicare payments by 2%, which was less than the expected 8.5%), Medicare still pays ...
In the Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act, passed as part of a budget omnibus in 2018, Congress permanently expanded Medicare payment for telemedicine consultations for acute stroke ( ...
This story was published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C. In South Florida, one of the nation’s top privately-run ...