John Lewis, CEO of the Memphis-based Semmes Murphey Clinic, a practice specializing in treating illnesses related to the nervous system, weighed in on the top payment challenges for ASCs.
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Stephen Kinsley is vice president of payer engagement and strategy for Surgical Care Affiliates, which comprises more than 215 surgery centers and 8,000 team members, making it one of the country's largest ASC management companies.
The 2019 ASC Valuation Survey by HealthCare Appraisers outlined statistics on out of network billing risk and potential changes coming to commercial payer rates.
An array of consumer-facing tools are emerging to make healthcare pricing information more transparent.
Tenet Healthcare's Conifer Health unit struck a second deal with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health to provide revenue cycle management services, according to Zacks Equity Research.
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Few ASCs have established formal medical travel programs because they either don't have the volumes to justify one or don't know how to get started, according to healthcare thought leader Maria Todd, PhD, of AskMariaTodd.
HealthCare Appraisers outlined statistics on coding services provided by ASC managers in the 2019 ASC Valuation Survey.
Franklin, Ind.-based South Central Surgery Center agreed to stop participating in Medicare.
Rita Numerof, PhD, is president of global healthcare consulting firm Numerof & Associates, which recently published its annual survey on the state of value-based adoption in the U.S.
Value-based care adoption has stalled due to provider reluctance, according to Rita Numerof, PhD, president of global healthcare consulting firm Numerof & Associates.