title: Into the frying pan? Hospitals wary of plan to reform Medicare's contracting rules.
abstract: Hospital executives have plenty of horror stories to share when the topic is their Medicare fiscal intermediaries. In fact, some facilities have lost millions because of errors by these private contractors. Nevertheless, hospitals remain wary of change. "Sometimes the devil you know is better than the one you don't," one billing consultant says.
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authors.lastname: Lovern
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D016344:Medicare Part A / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States