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CIT Group Seeking Overseas Funding to Support Lending |
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Written by Rob Kurtz
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
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CIT Group, the New York consumer- and commercial-finance company, is pursuing funding from an overseas bank to support its lending business, according to the March 24 Wall Street Journal.
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Staar's Affinity Collamer Aspheric IOL Gets New Technology Designation |
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Written by Stephanie Wasek
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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The Afinity Collamer Aspheric foldable intraocular lens (Model CQ2015A) has been designated as a New Technology Intraocular Lens (NTIOL) by CMS, Staar Surgical announced. The approval for NTIOL reimbursement status means that Medicare will reimburse an additional $50 per Collamer Aspheric lens when provided to a Medicare patient in an ASC. |
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GI Catches a Break: Aetna Delays Controversial Sedation Policy |
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Written by Rob Kurtz and Stephanie Wasek
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
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Aetna has announced that it will delay its plans to institute a new
policy under which the insurer would cover monitored anesthesia care
only for high-risk patients, according to the company’s web site.
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The Empire Strikes Back: N.Y. Probes Underpayments by Insurers to Out-of-Network Providers, Patients |
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Written by Stephanie Wasek
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
After several years of insurance companies aggressively setting
limiting rates as to what they will pay out-of-network providers, New
York has launched an investigation into whether insurance companies are
unfairly setting those rates and causing patients to pay
disproportionately high amounts of provider bills. Health insurers are
being probed as part of a healthcare industry-wide investigation to
determine whether they have schemed to “defraud consumers by
manipulating reimbursement rates,” according to the N.Y. Attorney
General’s Office.
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Four Tips for Profitable Endoscopy in ASCs |
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Written by Stephanie Wasek
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
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By all accounts, GI as a specialty — and especially single-specialty
GI ASCs — will be hit the hardest by CMS’s restructuring of the ASC
payment system. But despite a 4.3 percent average cut for GI
procedures, the situation is not as dire as it may seem at first
glance, nor is it impossible to increase profitability in the new
market.
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Hospital-Physician Joint-Ventures: Current Tips for Success |
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Written by Stephanie Wasek
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
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Physicians and hospitals, it would seem, can complement each other in
many ways that would benefit both parties. For example, for physicians,
running an ASC is more difficult than ever: Competition is stiff,
regulatory and legal issues are more complicated than ever, and the
reimbursement climate is difficult, to say the least. At the same time,
hospitals are looking to expand market share and revenue streams, and
their administrations have expertise in managing facilities and
navigating bureaucracy. So what hampers such projects?
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CMS Answers Questions on the New ASC Payment System |
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Written by Rob Kurtz
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Wednesday, 12 March 2008 |
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CMS has issued a document covering 44 answers to frequently asked questions about the new ASC payment system. |
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Ask the Experts |
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Written by Staff
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
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EndoEconomics invited a panel of legal experts to offer their opinion on issues that are pertinent to the ever changing ASC landscape. In light of the new Medicare reimbursement decision, physicians may be looking for alternative ways to effectively increase their personal revenue either through new center development, hospital joint ventures or acquisitions of their existing facility. Following, are some of the issues presented to our legal correspondents: Scott Becker, JD, CPA, of McGuireWoods; Sarah E. Abraham, JD of McGuireWoods; William Thompson of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath and Lyman; and Chris Panczner of Epstein Becker and Green. |
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Download the Latest Issue of Endo Economics |
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Written by Staff
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Monday, 03 March 2008 |
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Among the outstanding content: "Benchmarking to Excellence: Using Quality Indicators to Improve Performance," "Final Rule ? Impact on Reimbursement," "Best Practices in Revenue Enhancement and Cost Reductions," and "The Devil is in the Details: Quality Control and Quality Assurance in the Pathology Laboratory."
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