Medicare and Medicaid costs are expected to more than double between fiscal year 2012 and FY 2022, according to a March budget report from the Congressional Budget Office.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Long-term cost management is among the greatest challenges for out-of-network ASCs. As the administrator of an out-of-network surgery center that performs more than 300 cases per month in a one-room OR, Toni Rambeau, CASC, has developed the necessary cost management…
Out-of-network reimbursement used to be a profitable strategy for surgery centers, but times have changed. Pressure from payors, high-deductible insurance plans and the elimination of out-of-network benefits has made it increasingly difficult to survive on out-of-network. Eric Woollen, vice president…
The New Jersey legislature is set to vote Thursday on a bill authorizing a health insurance exchange run by the state, according to an NJ Spotlight report.
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