ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Here are four stories Becker's has covered about CVS Health's insurance company, Aetna, since April 20: 

The American Medical Association is taking action to ban noncompete contracts for physicians employed by for-profit or nonprofit hospitals, hospital systems or staffing company employers, according to a June 13 blog post from the AMA. 

Two major national payers, UnitedHealthcare and Cigna, recently switched or delayed planned policies due to pushback from industry leaders, patients and physicians. 

The future of ASCs heavily depends on the outcome of the struggle for better payments.

The Connecticut Legislature has passed a bill amending the state's physician noncompete statute, attorney Justin Theriault of law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. wrote in an article published by JDSupra on June 12. 

Forbes has released its annual Global 2000, a ranking of the world's largest companies based on metrics including sales, profits, assets and market value. 

The Supreme Court voted unanimously to reopen two false claims cases, issuing an opinion that could expand antifraud statute scope, Medscape reported June 13. 

Artificial intelligence-powered coding services provider Aideo Technologies has partnered with Surgical Notes, a leader in providing billing solutions for ASCs, to bring AI-powered medical coding workflow and productivity solutions to the ASC market. 

Physician David Becerril, MD, has been charged with 16 counts for his role in a telemarketing scheme that allegedly defrauded Medicare of more than $4 million. 

The most commonly performed ASC procedure is an extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis, according to data from Definitive Healthcare. The average cash price of a cataract eye surgery is $2,733 at ASCs, versus $3,995 at  hospital…