Open Health Market, a website that was founded to serve as a "matchmaker" between self-insured businesses and healthcare providers, expects to post its first requests next week, according to a Boston Globe report.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Here are five recent payor disputes involving ambulatory surgical centers, according to various news reports.
Dan Connolly, MHS, ARM, vice president of payor contracting for Pinnacle III, discusses five mistakes surgery centers make in payor negotiations.
The Surgery Center of Oklahoma recently publicized its prices for common surgical procedures, according to a Daily Markets report.
ICD-10 may have a new deadline, as HHS released a proposed rule (pdf) today that would delay the compliance date of ICD-10 from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014.
Advertisement
Minnesota is making progress with its health insurance exchange, according to a Duluth News Tribune report.
CPT copyright 2011 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Editor's Note: This article by Paul Cadorette, director of education for mdStrategies, originally appeared in The Coding Advocate, mdStrategies free monthly…
The New Jersey Association for Ambulatory Surgery Centers has sent a letter to Aetna in response to their efforts of re-directing patients from one in-network facility to another, less costly in-network center.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is circulating a proposal to regulate hospitals and physicians and the rates they receive to provide care, according to a Boston Globe report.
California is moving ahead with its health insurance exchange, having received $40 million in federal seed money for implementation purposes, according to an SFGate report.