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By Edecio Martinez for CBS News MIAMI (AP) Lured by easier money and shorter prison sentences, Mafia figures and other violent criminals are increasingly moving into fraud involving the government’s Medicare health insurance program for the elderly. Around the U.S., federal investigators have been threatened, an informant’s body was found riddled with bullets, and a woman was…
By Tammy Seithel, Director of Business Development at Dolbey EDITOR’S NOTE: Opinions expressed by authors are their own. A recent survey from a Rock Health report took me by surprise. 55% of women believe that gender parity in the workplace won’t be reached for another 25+ years. Wow. As a woman working in healthcare for 25…
By Marshall Allen for CNBC To an outsider, the fancy booths at last month’s health insurance industry gathering in San Diego aren’t very compelling. A handful of companies pitching “lifestyle” data and salespeople touting jargony phrases like “social determinants of health.” But dig deeper and the implications of what they’re selling might give many patients…
By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review Vermont is the best state for healthcare, according to an analysis by WalletHub. To identify the best and worst states for healthcare, WalletHub analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia on 40 key metrics of healthcare cost, accessibility and outcomes. The metrics range from physicians…
By Tony Abraham for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: CMS on Thursday issued its final rule on the Inpatient Prospective Payment System, cementing the agency’s April proposal to increase transparency by pushing hospitals to post standard charges online in a machine-readable format. The rule doesn’t require posting any more information than hospitals are already mandated to provide…
By Staff from Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Healthcare is pleased to release the 2018 edition of its 100 Great Community Hospitals list. This list includes independent community hospitals as well as facilities affiliated with large health systems. Some hospitals serve expansive rural geographies, while others care for small communities outside of large cities. Many of…
Jayne O’Donnell and Ken Alltucker for CNBC Retired Air Force Colonel David Antoon agreed to pay $100 to settle what were once felony charges for emailing his former Cleveland Clinic surgeon articles the doctor found threatening and posting a list on Yelp of all the surgeries the urologist had scheduled at the same time as the one that left…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare IT News New research determines that the time has come to finally replace those old analog devices. Medical transcription tools have long been legacy products but as vendors inject modern technologies, notably automation and voice recognition, new data suggests that hospitals are going to deploy more of these products and services amid…
By Christina Farr for CNBC Digital health is one of the hottest spaces for investment, with companies raising $1.6 billion in venture capital in the first quarter of 2018 alone. Apple, Alphabet and Amazon are also making moves in the space with their own health-tracking apps and devices. These companies are getting really good at screening populations of…
By Alyssa Rage for Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Hospital Review reported on a number of cases this year involving patients being charged unexpected fees for medical care and services. Here are 10 instances in which patients received a surprising bill for healthcare services: Woman receives $12k bill after 2-hour ER visit for bee sting A…