5 Ways ASCs Can Improve Coding
Caryl Serbin, president and founder of Serbin Surgery Center Billing, suggests the following five ways ASCs can improve their coding.
Click to continue »Improving the Billing Process at Your ASC: Q&A With Mary Igo of Minnesota Gastroenterology
Mary Igo, CEO of Minnesota Gastroenterology based in Minneapolis, discusses how MNGI maintains efficiency in its billing process. Click to continue »Supply Chain Leaders Express Great Concern About Impact of Health Reform
A survey of 200 supply chain leaders by IDN Summit and Expo has found most respondents are concerned about the health reform law's impact on the supply chain and healthcare as a whole, according to a news release from IDN Summit and Expo.
Click to continue »ASC Leader to Know: Dr. David Ott of Gateway Surgery Center
As the founder of Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix and an orthopedic surgeon, David Ott, MD, is in a good position to understand how the quality of a surgery center affects clinical care. In an interview with Becker's ASC Review, he discussed Gateway Surgery Center's recent AAAHC accreditation and how the center has been able to keep quality high in the midst of stricter regulations. Click to continue »10 Most-Read Articles on Becker's ASC Review in August 2010
Here are the 10 most-read articles in Becker's ASC Review in August.
Click to continue »Follow This Best Practice to Better Align Anesthesiologists With Your ASC
Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., says the challenge of aligning anesthesiologists with the financial interests of an ASC can be overcome by giving the anesthesiologists a financial investment in the center.
Click to continue »Statistics About Anesthesiologist Compensation Based on Partnership, Weeks Worked and Practice Revenue
Here are seven statistics about compensation of anesthesiologists based on partnership, weeks worked and practice revenue, based on 2009 data, according to the MGMA Physician Compensation and Production Survey.
Click to continue »Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty Rejects All Funds From Reform Bill
Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota's Republican governor, has issued an executive order rejecting all funds from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Minnesota Public Radio. Click to continue »More Evidence of a New Lithotripsy Landscape
On July 30, 2008, CMS issued its final rule regarding the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). CMS elected to allow healthcare service providers until October 1, 2009 to restructure or unwind certain current arrangements that were impacted by the final rule. Those following the developments leading up to and following IPPS (aka Stark III) may recall the significant discussion surrounding lithotripsy services. Industry participants have somewhat universally agreed that in January 2009, CMS cleared the way for the continuation of per click lithotripsy services arrangements (through this FAQ #9556 response found at http://questions.cms.hhs.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/9556). The discussion surrounding these arrangements should have signaled to those involved that the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) was aware of the potential abuses involved in the provision of lithotripsy by physician-owned companies.
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