A HHS study found physicians are still improperly billing Medicare enrollees for services of which they should be exempt, according to The New York Times. 1. Despite official warnings about fines or ...

Medicare physician payment data reveals more than 1,000 hospitalists — primary care physicians providing hospital-based services — billed Medicare more than five times the average amount in 2012, ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, an independent federal agency that advises Congress on Medicare, is considering a recommendation to eliminate “incident to” billing for nurse practitioners ...

Medicare figures quietly published online show bulk-billing has not improved from a year ago, despite billions being tipped into the scheme. As out-of-pocket costs rise, GPs are delivering 10,000 ...