Seventy-nine percent of medical groups say that payer prior authorization requirements increased in the last year, according to a poll conducted by Medical Group Management Association March 1.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Variations of colonoscopies make up three of the 10 most common procedures performed at an ASC, according to data company Definitive Healthcare.
Cigna, one of the country's largest payers, has named two executives in the last month.
Health insurer chief executives earn millions of dollars each year while their companies narrow networks and lower pay rates for physicians and ASCs.
UnitedHealth Group has decided to stop mailing prior authorization and clinical decisions to providers on paper.
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Health insurers have made several moves to grow their networks, become more efficient and institute new policies over the last few weeks, and one major company was hit with a lawsuit by the Justice Department.
UnitedHealth Group, parent company of ASC management company United Surgical Partners International, reported sizable year-over-year growth in 2021.
Brockton Urology Clinic in Boston will pay thousands of dollars to settle allegations it accepted kickbacks from a hospital for services never provided, according to the Justice Department.
National Medical Billing Services, a healthcare revenue cycle management company focused on ASCs, closed its second transaction of the year.
Gastroenterology claims the highest case mix, on average, among the nation's 6,028 ASCs, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.