Healthcare DiveMedicare Hospitals likely upcoding severity levels for Medicare patients, OIG says healthcaredive.com - Ron Shinkman Dive Brief:• A new report by the HHS Office of Inspector General indicated that inpatient hospital stays have become more expensive to the Medicare …
Healthcare DiveProfit Cyberattack cost UHS $67M in back half of 2020 healthcaredive.com - Hailey Mensik Dive Brief:• Universal Health Services posted profits for the fourth quarter and full year of 2020 that were up year over year despite rising expenses …
Healthcare DiveVaccination Rising expenses threaten hospitals' financial recovery: AHA, Kaufman Hall report healthcaredive.com - Hailey Mensik Dive Brief:• Hospitals and health systems could lose anywhere from $53 billion to $122 billion in revenue this year, according to a new analysis from …
Healthcare DiveGoogle Ascension expands pilot of Google EHR search tool healthcaredive.com - Rebecca Pifer Dive Brief:• St. Louis-based hospital chain Ascension is expanding the pilot of a Google EHR tool allowing clinicians to search for data within patient …
Healthcare DiveU.S. Politics Becerra backs price transparency, provider competition at first Senate panel healthcaredive.com - Shannon Muchmore Xavier Becerra had a mostly smooth nomination hearing before the Senate health committee Tuesday despite accusations from some GOP members on his …
