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Tags: New York | NYU Langone Medical Center | orthopedics | surgery center

NYU Langone Medical Center enjoys a reputation as one of the premier academic medical centers in the country. The hospital recently opened a facility built to current technology and clinical best practices in order to provide patients with a new option for orthopedic surgery: a hospital-affiliated, free-standing ASC — right in the heart of Manhattan. Click to continue »  

Tags: CMS | healthcare fraud | RAC | White House

CMS and other federal agencies will expand use of payment recapture audits, currently used by recovery audit contractors, and thereby double the amount of recovered costs previously projected, according to a release by the White House. Click to continue »  
Chicago — Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, announce details of its upcoming 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASCs: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues on June 10-12, 2010, at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Click to continue »  

Tags: Bart Stupak | healthcare reform | House | Nancy Pelosi | reconciliation

1. Democrats count votes; Attempt to move forward with President Obama's plan. While President Obama has vowed to push forward with comprehensive reform, many Democrats seem to be struggling as to how they can move the President's plan along. Many political analysts question House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ability to garner the 216 votes needed to pass the Senate's bill; however, discussions have surfaced suggesting that the House is only one vote away from approving the bill. It is unclear at this point whether these discussions are rumors or fact. Click to continue »  

Tags: healthcare fraud | indictment | La Hacienda Family Clinic | mail fraud | Texas

Manuel Anthony Puig and his wife Romelia Sanchez Puig, both of Edinburg, Texas, were indicted by a federal grand jury for healthcare fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. Click to continue »  

Tags: Attorney General | Florida | legislation | Medicare fraud

A new bill proposed in the Florida legislature would give the state's attorney general power to investigate private managed care companies that administer Medicaid, according to a report in the South Florida Business Journal. Click to continue »  

Tags: ASC Communications | Chicago | orthopedic conference | spine conference | surgery center conference

CHICAGO — Exhibit space and sponsorship opportunities are currently available for the 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASCs Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues, sponsored by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review. The conference will take place June 10-12, 2010, at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
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Tags: COBRA extension | jobs bill | Medicare physician payment cut

The Senate has voted to pass the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (HR 4213), which includes language that would delay the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians until Sept. 30 and would extend through Dec. 31 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's COBRA benefit subsidy, according to a report by the AHA News Now. Click to continue »  

Tags: legislation | prices | transparency | Wisconsin

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation that requires hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers to disclose the cost of the most common procedures they perform so consumers have price-estimates before choosing a provider, according to a release by Gov. Doyle. Click to continue »  


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