AMARILLO, TX – Historically, health care in the United States has been based on fee-for-service (FFS). That is, third party payors (TPPs) pay a physician, hospital or other provider for the service rendered…regardless of the outcome. A by

AMARILLO, TX – Historically, health care in the United States has been based on fee-for-service (FFS). That is, third party payors (TPPs) pay a physician, hospital or other provider for the service rendered…regardless of the outcome. A by

AMARILLO, TX – Historically, health care in the United States has been based on fee-for-service (“FFS”). That is, third party payors (“TPPs”) pay a physician, hospital or other provider for the service rendered…regardless of the o

WASHINGTON, DC – Late last year, CMS published the 2020 Medicare Fee-For-Service Supplemental Improper Payment Data. This is an annual report published by CMS’ Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program that is intended to measure the im

AMARILLO, TX – On Thursday, January 28, 2021, the Department of Justice issued the following press release: Athenahealth, Inc. (Athena), a Watertown-based developer of electronic health records (EHR) services, has agreed to pay $18.25 million t

AMARILLO, TX – These are strange times. I was hoping that 2021 would be calmer. Unfortunately, it has not started out that way. Notwithstanding all of the uncertainties we are facing, there are some absolutes that we can count on: The U.S. popu