Here are seven things for ASC industry leaders to know for Monday, April 1, 2013.
Medicare 2% physician payment cuts due Monday.
Sequestration will take full effect on Monday and cut Medicare payments by 2 percent.
MedPAC annual report includes recommendations for ASCs.
MedPAC released its annual report on Medicare Payment Policy, which recommended Congress to require ASCs to submit cost data and to eliminate 2014 ASC payment updates.
Bill requiring surgery centers to post prices for 50 most common procedures introduced in North Carolina.
Legislation, backed by Sens. Rob Rucho (R) and Harry Brown (R), introduced in North Carolina would require hospitals and surgery centers to publish the price of the 50 most common procedures on the North Carolina Health Information Exchange.
ASC company Northstar reports revenue growth.
Northstar Healthcare, a Houston-based company that partners with physicians to own and operate ASCs, has reported $6.5 million for fourth quarter 2012 revenue. The company earned $20.9 million in 2012, up from the $14.4 million earned in 2011.
Surgery Center Experience initiates patient education campaign.
The Surgery Center Experience has launched a new interactive digital portal designed to education patients on outpatient surgery centers and the advantages these can offer.
PBMC to open The Gertrude and Louis Feil Campus for Ambulatory Care this spring.
In honor of a $5 million donation, PBMC has named its Manorville, N.Y., ASC The Gertrude and Louis Feil Campus for Ambulatory Care, which is expected to open in the spring.
Maury Regional Medical Center with ASC to open in April.
The $7.5 million Maury Regional Medical Center in Spring Hill, Tenn., includes an ASC and is scheduled to open on April 8.
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