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Tags: CRNA | legislation | Oklahoma | pain management

President Don Mordecai and Government Relations Chairman Victor Long of the Oklahoma Association of Nurse Anesthetists spoke out against a controversial bill in the Oklahoma Senate that would prohibit certified registered nurse anesthetists from providing certain injections for patients with chronic pain in an opinion piece published in The Edmond Sun. Click to continue »  

Tags: healthcare spending | hospitals | imaging services | Massachusetts | surgery centers

A new report from the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy found that private spending per member for healthcare was up 15.5 percent from 2006-2008, or 7.5 percent annually. Over 75 percent of this growth occurred in hospital outpatient departments, according to the report. Click to continue »  

Tags: fraud | Louisiana | New Orleans | Windsor Dennis

Windsor Dennis, MD, a New Orleans-based orthopedic surgeon, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulently billing the federal government and has agreed to pay $750,000 in restitution, according to a report by WXVT News. Click to continue »  

Tags: BCBS | colorectal cancer screening | South Carolina | uninsured patients

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina has set aside $20,000 to fund colorectal cancer screenings for uninsured patients through the South Carolina Gastroenterology Association and the University of South Carolina's Cancer Research Center, according to a news release from S.C. BlueCross. Click to continue »  

Tags: Amblitel | Paul Davis

Amblitel, a full-service back office, business intelligence and consulting company for ambulatory surgery centers, has launched, according to an Amblitel news release. Click to continue »  

Tags: gross charges | Intellimarker | net revenue | pain management | statistics | surgery centers | VMG Health

Here are the median gross charges and net revenue per pain management case, broken down by a surgery center's number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker. Click to continue »  

Tags: COBRA | Congress | federal subsidy

President Obama has signed a measure extending the federal subsidy of COBRA health insurance premiums for laid-off workers through March 31, according to a report by the New York Labor Law & Employment Report. Click to continue »  

Tags: coding | coding updates | Compliance Coding Management | erratas | IOLs

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Diligent ASC coders always make sure they have the most current information from manuals, coding software, Medicare edits and the like. But sometimes they forget to check for updates that coding authorities issue during the year, such as Erratas, new Category III codes and monthly updates from CMS and the AMA. Click to continue »  

Tags: COBRA | Congress | Max Baucus | Medicare | physician fee cut

Following up on Congress' one-month extension of the Medicare physician fee-fix, a new measure in the Senate would further extend the fee fix as well as federal assistance for state Medicaid programs and COBRA coverage, according to a release by Max Baucus (D-Mont). Click to continue »  


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