Companies are giving workers an ultimatum — quit smoking and lose weight or pay more for healthcare in 2013, according to a Reuters report.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting, gave a presentation titled "How to Improve Coding for ASC Procedures — A Discussion of Orthopedic, GI and…
At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, Elizabeth Lamkin and Bill Behrens, partners at PACE Healthcare Consulting, discussed how Medicare recovery audit contractors are entering into the ASC sector and what ASCs need to…
At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 27, Rob Murphy, president of Murphy Healthcare Group discussed how an ASC can be profitable when going in-network for certain procedures.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has announced there are three new co-sponsors of the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, according to a report in its ASCA Government Affairs Update.
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Medicare Advantage plans are looking to achieve physician buy-in on the five-star rating system, which bestows a five-star status on high-quality plans from CMS, according to an American Medical News report.
The Connecticut State Medical Society Independent Practice Association is applying to start the state's first health insurance co-op, according to a report by The Day.
Caryl Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, executive vice president and chief strategy officer for SourceMedical, recently spoke on outsourced and in-house billing for ambulatory surgery centers Becker’s 18th Annual ASC Conference in Chicago. “My goal for this talk is, that if…
I. Naya Kehayes, MPH, managing principal and CEO of Eveia Health, and Matthew Kilton MBA, MHA, principal and CEO of Eveia Health, recently spoke on managed care negotiation strategies at Becker’s 18th Annual ASC Conference in Chicago. The first step…
At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, Terry Woodbeck, CEO of Tulsa (Okla.) Spine and Specialty Hospital, discussed how surgery centers can determine the exact cost of a procedure. Mr. Woodbeck explained the true…