ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Here are five policy moves dealing with noncompetes from the last year that ASCs need to know:

The CEOs of Cigna and Centene were named some of healthcare's most "overpaid" CEOs, based on the most recent annual report from nonprofit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow.

Suzi Cunningham, administrator of Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center in Redlands, Calif., joined Becker's to discuss the healthcare trends she's wary of. 

Tony Mira, CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, laid out the responsibilities of Medicare overpayments in a Feb. 8 blog post. 

Law firm Nexsen Pruet laid out five key Stark Law definitions for group physician practices in a Feb. 15 article in JDSupra. 

CMS updated its voluntary self-referral disclosure laws Jan. 23, according to law firm Nexsen Pruet in a Feb. 15 article on JDSupra. 

Certified independent dispute resolution entities have been instructed to hold all payment determinations under the No Surprises Act. 

UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health and Cigna were the three largest health insurance companies by 2022 revenue. 

Of the $2.2 billion in false claims settlements the Justice Department reported in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, $1.7 billion involved healthcare organizations, the department said Feb. 7. 

Orlando-based physician group Florida Cardiology and 10 physicians will pay $2 million to resolve allegations that they submitted inflated claims to Medicare and Medicaid, the Justice Department said Feb. 13.