Report: 86% of patient injuries go unreported
Filed under: Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, Medicare & Medicaid News, Special Report

Hospitals’ incident reporting systems are only registering about 14% of patient injuries, according to a new study. Read more
Medicare to penalize hospitals for unnecessary readmissions
Beginning in late 2012, hospitals will be penalized for unreasonably high readmission rates for patients treated for pneumonia, heart attacks and heart failure. Read more
Supercommittee fails: What does it mean for health care?
Filed under: Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Reform News, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Medicare & Medicaid News, Practice Management
The so-called Supercommittee intended to reach a bipartisan deal for the federal budget has officially failed — and health care pros are scrambling to figure out what it means for their organizations. Read more
Podiatrist nabbed for fraud after billing double amputee
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
A Maryland podiatrist has pleaded guilty to fraud and identity theft after billing over $1M in false Medicare charges for providing services to a patient with no feet — and after he had already been banned from federal health programs. Read more
Hospital hit with $3.8M fine for fraud
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Medicare & Medicaid News
Ohio Valley Health Services and Education Corp. has agreed to pay $3.8 million in fines to settle allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Read more
Nurse pleads guilty to $25M Medicare fraud scheme
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Insurance, Latest News & Views, Medicare & Medicaid News
A Miami-area nurse has pleaded guilty to her part in a huge scam. Read more
Two docs indicted for fraud & over-prescribing patients to death
Filed under: Ethics, Fraud & Waste, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Medicare & Medicaid News, Practice Management
Two doctors face potential life sentences for charges they defrauded multiple health plans and over-prescribed narcotics which led to four patient deaths. Read more
Company accused of wasting drugs to bilk Medicare
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A major health care company has been accused of deliberately wasting drugs to make more money from Medicare. Read more
Is this hospital too unsafe to receive Medicare payments?
Filed under: Healthcare Finance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Insurance, Latest News & Views, Medicare & Medicaid News, Patient/Client Communication
A Tennessee hospital stands to lose Medicare funding if it doesn’t adequately address safety concerns by the end of this week. Read more
Medicare wants back $38M it paid to emergency departments
Filed under: Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Medicare & Medicaid News
Oops! Medicare says it wrongly paid more then $38 million in claims for outpatient emergency department radiological services — and it wants its cash back. Read more
