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10 Steps to Prepare for and Respond to Anesthesia Subsidy Requests

Written by Rob Kurtz
As surgery centers and surgeons struggle with a Medicare payment system which reimburses at rates that are often barely high enough to break even on procedures, let alone make a profit, it is easy to overlook how reimbursement declines, along with rising costs and increases in the number of Medicare patients, is affecting another critical member of the surgery team: Anesthesiologists.
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Larry Taylor of Practice Partners Discusses 3 Trends for Surgery Centers in 2009

Written by Ariel Levine
Larry Taylor, president and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare, an Alabama-based corporation dedicated to the provision of management and operational services to ASCs in the United States, shares his observations of three trends he sees as developing in the surgery center field as we head into 2009.
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Payment Variations Between States for 10 Common Surgery Center Procedures

Written by Staff
Here are 10 common ASC procedures, listed by CPT code and description, with the Medicare reimbursement rates from the highest and lowest reimbursing state, according to SDI’s 2008 Outpatient Surgery Center Market Report.
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Featured E-Weekly Advertisers for Dec. 8

Written by Staff
Read about today's featured advertisers in the Becker's ASC E-Weekly.
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Federal Government Won or Negotiated $1.8 Billion in 2007 in Fraud Judgments and Settlements

Written by Staff
During fiscal 2007, the federal government won or negotiated approximately $1.8 billion in judgments and settlements in healthcare fraud cases and proceedings, according to the annual report of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC).
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