Baebies, producers of newborn screening and pediatric testing, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SEEKER, a quantitative measuring tool of dried blood samples.

CMS will likely overpay Medicare Advantage plans by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 10 years if the agency doesn’t account for coding intensity in its risk scores.

For older individuals, a visit to the physician can reduce the possibility for a hospital stay down the road. A study, published in The BMJ, analyzes the correlation between continuity of care with primary care physicians and related hospital admissions for older patients.

Technology has taken the healthcare industry by storm, but the replacement of human interaction by digital health leaves patients feeling cold and left behind. 

A Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) review from CMS isn’t cause for celebration for most healthcare organizations, but it can be beneficial if those facilities take proactive steps to identify underpayments.

Just like online reviews for the coffee shop around the corner, patients are rating physicians on both independent and health system websites. A study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, published by Springer, examines how these rating systems effect physician stress levels and how both parties view the online review process.

CMS is offering a more modest 0.25 percent increase in payment rates for Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers, one year after a 0.85 percent hike, in its proposed MA update for 2018. 

John Holland, a former senior vice president for Tenet Healthcare’s southern region, has been charged with allegedly taking part in a scheme to pay bribes in exchange for patient referrals and resulting in $400 million in fraudulent Medicaid billings.