CMS has established a new payment modifier — PD Diagnostic or related nondiagnostic item or service provided in a wholly owned or operated entity to a patient admitted as an inpatient within 3 days, according to an AAPC report.
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The federal government has increased scrutiny of Arizona health insurance companies, as regulators target companies for "unreasonable" rate increases and pledge to review proposed rate increases for 32 health insurance plans, according to a Tucson Citizen report.
Scott Faringer is the administrator of The Tri-City Orthopaedic Center in Richland, Wash., a USPI facility. He is currently the USPI Washington State Advocacy member, a position for which he has visited Washington, D.C., to pitch a new ASC reimbursement…
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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted to recommend that ASCs receive a 0.5 percent payment increase in 2013, according to an ASCA release.
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CMS has corrected the 2012 ASC payment rates published in November by the agency, according to an ASCA report.
CMS has indicated to the ASC Association that recent payments to surgery centers may not have reflected Congress' Dec. 23 vote to delay a potential reduction in physician payments due to the flawed SGR formula, according to an ASCA release.
More patients are noticing added charges on their hospital bills, due to some hospitals charging an extra "facilities charge" when patients are treated at off-site, hospital-affiliated locations, according to a Fierce Healthcare report.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed a rule allowing enrollment insurance companies to offer "child-only" policies, according to a Daily O'Collegian report.
Virginia House Democrats proposed a measure Tuesday to establish health insurance exchanges in the state, a system that would allow consumers to purchase affordable health coverage in an online marketplace, according to a Washington Post report.