The Wall Street Journal | September 30 - McDonald's Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul.
The move is one of the clearest...
AuntMinnie.com | September 28 – The deadline is getting closer: Providers of advanced imaging services who bill for technical components must become accredited by January 1, 2012. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has designated three organizations as accrediting...
The Wall Street Journal | September 28 – In the last two weeks, my department has been accused on “thuggery” (this editorial page) and “Soviet tyranny” (Newt Gingrich). What prompted these accusations? The fact that we told health-insurance companies that, as required...
Recently, there has been a great deal of discussion about so-called “predatory” teleradiology companies. This conversation turned ugly when an investor-backed teleradiology firm took over a large hospital contract in Toledo, OH, replacing a traditional radiology practice incumbent at the site. ...