CMS clarifies Medicare payment rules for SNF to SNF ambulance transportation
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 08, 2013
A skilled nursing facility discharging a Medicare Part A resident to another SNF is responsible for ambulance transportation fees, and no separate Part B claim should be made for that service, the Centers...
Ambulance company reaches $8 million settlement to resolve charges over improper skilled nursing facility...
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 06, 2013
The nation’s second-largest ambulance services company has reached a settlement agreement over whistleblower charges of improper business dealings with skilled nursing facilities, Rural/Metro Corporation...
Former TX administrator convicted of healthcare fraud, anti-kickback violations
Dec 13, 2011
A former nursing home administrator was found guilty of receiving illegal payments for referring residents for fraudulent ambulance transport services.
On the road to rationed healthcare
By
C.E. Nash
Apr 14, 2011
The Obama administration has determined that we will be able to supply healthcare to several million additional people without increasing the cost of doing so, and with no plan in place to increase the...
Ambulance supplier’s payment proposal could violate anti-kickback statute
Jan 04, 2011
One ambulance supplier’s proposal to receive payments from skilled nursing facilities that use Medicaid transport services could overstep the bounds of an anti-kickback statute, according to an advisory...
Medicaid payment bundling sparks controversy in Ohio
By
Liza Berger
Oct 28, 2009
Medicaid payment bundling is emerging as a key topic in national healthcare reform. As part of their research on bundling, federal lawmakers should pay attention to what is happening in Ohio.