ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Mashiyat Rashid, the CEO of the West Bloomfield, Mich.-based Tri-County Wellness Group, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare and wire fraud, as well as one count of money laundering.

UnitedHealth Group paid $69 billion, or nearly half of its annual reimbursement, toward value-based care models through the third quarter of 2018, Forbes reports.

Network adequacy laws are designed to prevent patients from receiving out-of-network anesthesia care at in-network facilities — and receiving surprise bills as a result, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

With CMS expecting to pay ASCs $4.89 billion in 2019, physicians should strongly consider surgery center ownership, according to Advisory Law Group's Mark F. Weiss.

Premier Surgical Pavilion sued Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey for allegedly using an improper formula to calculate reimbursements for benefits claims, Law360 reported.

Patients are more likely to pay their bills in full if they are satisfied with their business office experience, according to a Connance survey.

There are significant financial benefits to traditional lease solutions

Amid increasing healthcare consolidation and rising healthcare costs, New Jersey saw a 19 percent drop in hospital admissions from 2012 to 2016, NJ.com reports.

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council released finance statistics on 289 ASCs operating in the state.

Medicare patients treated in hospital outpatient departments have more chronic conditions and are poorer than Medicare patients treated in independent physician offices, according to an American Hospital Association study.