Payors in recent years have established a variety of tactics to drive out-of-network surgery centers into their networks. Common strategies include launching payor online provider directories and online cost of care tools, steering patients to in-network facilities and physicians, and…
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The chair of a House subcommittee on health technology has requested CMS exempt physicians in small practices or those nearing retirement from health IT requirements, according to a MedPageToday report.
The administration of Princeton (W.V.) Community Hospital has filed a request with the West Virginia Health Care Authority to revise its rate schedule to reflect a 6.75 percent increase in the average charge for outpatient discharges, according to a Bluefield…
MedBridge, a leading ambulatory surgery center development and management company, has announced several changes to its management team.
Denied claims slow reimbursements endanger profitability and are a window into the integrity of the processes and workflow of surgery centers. Here, Bill Gilbert and Brice Voithofer of AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions discuss seven reasons for claim denials in surgery centers,…
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The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has issued a warning to physicians: You will be held accountable for HIPAA violations regardless of your practice size, according to an American Medical News report.
A lawsuit in California is pitting a large insurer against a network of surgical centers over patient referrals to out-of-network providers, according to a Workforce report.
State insurance regulators recently approved an average 1.2 percent quarterly increase in base health insurance rates in Massachusetts, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
As the June 30, 2012 CMS enforcement date of version 5010 approaches rapidly, practices and surgery centers must get up to date with implementation or face rejected transactions and possible penalties from CMS, according to Debbi Meisner, vice president of…
Providers and suppliers of healthcare supplies and services to Medicare beneficiaries will pay contractors more in interest for unrecouped overpayments and delinquent underpayments in the second quarter, according to an AAPC report.