CMS proposes to implement two separate conversion factors: one for qualifying alternative payment model participants and one for physicians and practitioners who are not qualified participants. The ...

Government-run health care programs fueled the rise of Centene Corp., but cuts to federal assistance could cause it to slide. Centene has grown to be the largest Medicaid managed care provider in the ...

Medicare is not authorized by law to fine rehab hospitals for safety rule violations, even ones involving deaths uncovered during inspections, as it has done with nearly 8,000 nursing homes during the ...

At the HFMA conference content director and former CFO Rick Gundling gave members a five step framework for ethical decision-making, a simple checklist to ensure leaders are looking at their decisions ...

In a trend across the country, many hospital morgues have been overrun since the first surge of the coronavirus pandemic. Increased decedent release time not only creates a burden for families but ...