Congress should set lower annual caps on Medicare reimbursements for outpatient therapy and streamline the manual review process for claims exceeding those caps, a Medicare policy expert told the House …
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. paid kickbacks to a specialty pharmacy in exchange for recommending refills of a blood transfusion drug it produces, according to an amended complaint filed Wednesday in a …
Ambulance trips for dialysis treatment rose 269 percent for Medicare recipients between 2002 and 2011, while the number of covered trips overall rose 69 percent, the Office of Inspector General …
A Beaver County woman forged signatures of doctors and other medical providers to bilk Medicare out of $200,000 in reimbursements, federal prosecutors said. A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted …
Medicare might want to create a supplemental coverage plan that encourages patients to seek care in a single accountable care organization (ACO), the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) was told …
Surveyors should prevent providers from being able to game the Medicare system through well-timed facility sales and purchases, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instructed in a recent memorandum. …
U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus told local business owners on Wednesday that he’ll lobby to change Medicare’s rules governing bidding by medical equipment suppliers. Rothfus, R-Sewickley, said he is one of …
The People for Quality Care Complaint Hotline has already logged more than 1,700 patient complaints nationwide. CMS is currently telling Congress that they have onle received about 30 complaints. Our …
