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1stHealthSystems Releases Health Care Costs White Paper

2013-02-28 16:29:33

Explains Dynamics Behind Significant Increases in Hospital Visit Charges for Emergency Department Services BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 1stHealthSystems, provider of data-driven technology and analytics for hospital outpatient services coding, has released a new whitepaper titled "Billing and Payment for Hospital Emergency Department Encounters." The white paper investigates the changes in hospital ED visit charges, which have risen dramatically in recent decades,...

Health Care Attorneys Join Brown McCarroll

2012-09-20 23:03:55

Brown McCarroll is pleased to announce that Brian Flood and Wendy Keegan have joined the firm, as partner and of counsel, respectively. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) September 20, 2012 Brown McCarroll is pleased to announce that Brian Flood and Wendy Keegan have joined the firm, as partner and of counsel, respectively. Both join as members of the health care practice group. Mr. Flood has over 14 years of experience in national guidance committees, serving on boards of directors and in legislation...

ACEP Hails House Actions on Liability Reform and Repeal of IPAB

2012-03-22 10:25:08

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medical liability reforms that include specific protections for physicians who provide EMTALA related services -- long a top priority for the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) -- today passed the U.S. House of Representatives. These protections were included as an amendment offered by Representatives Charlie Dent (R-PA) and Pete Sessions (R-TX) to a comprehensive liability reform bill -- H.R.5, the "Protecting...

Proposals to Cut Medicare Funds for SNF Bad Debt Ignore Crucial Fact: Medicaid Overwhelmingly Accounts for Unpaid Health Care Bills for Dual Eligible Patients

2011-10-24 11:23:00

Medicaid's Failure to Cover Required Co-Payments Produces 85 Percent of SNF Bad Debt WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Obama Administration's proposal to cut Medicare bad debt payments for skilled nursing facility (SNF) care is "unfair and unsustainable," the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care said today. According to the Alliance, 85 percent of SNF bad debt is unrecoverable because it stems from Medicaid's inability or unwillingness to pay Medicare co-payments...

Physicians and Hospitals Join Lawsuit Against ER Visit Limit

2011-10-17 13:30:00

Policy Threatens Health and Safety of Vulnerable Patients SEATTLE, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Washington State Medical Association and the Washington State Hospital Association are joining the Washington Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians' lawsuit against a state plan to limit emergency room access for some of the state's most vulnerable residents. The two organizations will be named as co-plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed on September 30, 2011, and will...

Physicians File Suit to Prevent Washington State Plan That Classifies More Than 700 Diagnoses as "Non-emergent" for Medicaid Patients

2011-09-30 08:39:00

SEATTLE, Sept. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Emergency physicians in Washington State today filed suit in the Superior Court of Washington for Thurston County against a state plan that would limit payment for Medicaid visits to three "non-emergency" visits to emergency departments each year and classify more than 700 diagnoses as "non-emergent," including chest pain, abdominal pain, miscarriage and breathing problems. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100616/DC22034LOGO-d)...

Beckley ARH Hospital Appeals Decision on Medicaid Reimbursement Rates

2011-08-16 09:47:00

BECKLEY, W.Va., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc., is appealing a circuit court judge's decision to dismiss its lawsuit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and DHHR's Bureau for Medical Services for inadequate reimbursement rates that threaten the continued operation of the not-for-profit Beckley ARH Hospital (BARH). "Although we are disappointed with the judge's decision, we expected all along that the case would go...

Washington State Hospital Association Statement on the House Budget Proposal

2011-04-04 18:20:00

OLYMPIA, Wash., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Washington State's hospitals are strongly opposed to the House budget and its attack on hospitals and the health of our residents. The House budget makes deep cuts to payment rates and services that will directly impact safety net hospitals and vital services provided to Medicaid enrollees. (Logo: https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101108/DC97367LOGO) The House budget violates all the agreements made last year on the Hospital...

Reform Law Includes Components Important to Americans Facing Mental and Addictive Disorders

2010-03-23 11:59:00

WASHINGTON, March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement from Mark Covall, President/CEO, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems on the signing into law of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590)(1): Today President Barack Obama signed into law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590). As an association representing behavioral healthcare professionals and organizations, we are committed to improving the lives of people of all...

Insurance Coverage Status Affects Mortality Rate in Pediatric Trauma Patients

2009-11-02 12:53:00

Differences between private insurance, public insurance, and no insurance may determine quality of treatment BOSTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A study led by Heather Rosen, MD, MPH, research fellow in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, found that uninsured children were over three times more likely to die from their trauma-related injuries than children who were commercially insured, after adjustment for other factors such as...