The American Medical Association has released updates to several Category I vaccine CPT codes.
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1. Negotiations with payors can be more difficult for spine than orthopedics. Since Medicare does not reimburse spine cases in the outpatient setting, negotiating ASC rates for spine cases with private payors can be more difficult than other specialties because payors often set rates at a percent or multiple of Medicare rates.
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The American Medical Association unveiled its new National Managed Care Contract and database, which is designed to help physicians analyze and negotiate contracts with insurers and help provide relief from unfair corporate business practices, according to an AMA news release.
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Title: Improving Operating Room and Anesthesia Efficiency in Your Hospital
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While Congress hems and haws over how it will handle the 21.2 percent (and growing) Medicare physician fee cut, physicians who are fed up with Congress' yearly drama over payments have a chance to opt out of Medicare, but they have to do so by March 17 for the current year.
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The Georgia Supreme Court recently ruled 4-3 to uphold a law that requires plaintiffs to establish that a physician committed gross negligence in order to receive damages in any malpractice case regarding emergency room care, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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Integra LifeSciences introduced four new products at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses conference in Denver, Colo., which include Secure-Cut Reposable Endoscopic Scissors, Ruggles Bayonet Curettes, Jarit Disposable Bi-polar Forceps and an improved LumbarTrak retraction system, according to an Integra news release.
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Here are the median gross charges and net revenue per orthopedics case by a surgery center's number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
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Access MediQuip, the nation's first and largest provider of outsourced implantable medical device management solutions to the healthcare industry, has enhanced its proprietary Recall Management Service for its customers nationwide, according to an Access MediQuip news release.
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