Power Mobility Device Repair Problems Survey
The data collected in this survey will be used to explain to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services the problems associated with power mobility repairs. Your answers are completely …
NCTracks Continues to Devastate Medical Businesses
During the final week of August, Jordan Karimi was spending his days cleaning up the office, making final phone calls and saying goodbye to co-workers. Karimi, 28, had worked for …
Scooter Store shutting down after federal scrutiny
A Texas-based company that sells wheelchairs and motorized scooters to people with limited mobility announced Friday that it’s shutting down for good, following federal scrutiny over its advertising and billing. …
ACO Coordinated Care Savings May Be Contagious
An early cost-sharing program in Massachusetts designed to cut costs for private Blue Cross Blue Shield patients also lowered costs for Medicare patients who were seen by the same providers, …
Mobile Doctors Chicago CEO and Doctor Arrested on Fraud Charges
The chief executive officer of Chicago-based Mobile Doctors, which manages physicians who make house calls in six states, and one of its physicians in Chicago were arrested today on federal …
UPMC enlists employees in latest Highmark fight
As public criticism grows about its pending divorce from Highmark Health Services, UPMC is asking thousands of its employees to campaign against legislation that could force it to renew reimbursement …
Shands Hospital pays $26 million in fraud settlement case
Shands Hospitals has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a lawsuit that claims it admitted patients who didn’t need to be hospitalized at six of its Florida hospitals, attorneys …
Judge gives Highmark, UPMC a week to file notices regarding settlement agreement
U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti on Tuesday gave Highmark Inc. and UPMC a week to each file a notice as to who they believe has the authority to enforce …