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Beckers ASC Review Offers New Benefits for Paid Subscribes

Paid subscribers to Becker?s ASC Review will now benefit from a number of specific opportunities.

Physician-Owned Hospital Settles Landmark Antitrust Suit Against Regional Insurers and Hospitals

Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital has reached a settlement with a group of insurers that were the defendant's in the Overland Park, Kan., physician-owned hospital's landmark antitrust suit (Heartland Surgical Specialty Hosp. LLC v. Midwest Division Inc., No. 05-2164). No…

Pa. Web Site Compiles Searchable Hospital Quality Data

A new Web site debuted this week that, for the first time, compiles outcome and quality data from a variety of sources for all Pennsylvania?s acute-care hospitals in a single location accessible by the general public.

Staar's Affinity Collamer Aspheric IOL Gets New Technology Designation

The Afinity Collamer Aspheric foldable intraocular lens (Model CQ2015A) has been designated as a New Technology Intraocular Lens (NTIOL) by CMS, Staar Surgical announced. The approval for NTIOL reimbursement status means that Medicare will reimburse an additional $50 per Collamer…

Federal Government to Pay $666 Million to Hospitals for Medicare Back Payments

The federal government will pay $666 million to more than 660 hospitals to settle a case brought on by hospitals nationwide seeking Medicare back payments, according to a settlement agreement between CMS and the hospitals.

South Carolina BlueCross Expands Colonoscopy Coverage; New National Screening Guidelines Issued

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina will now cover preventive colonoscopy screenings once every 10 years for all its fully insured members 50 and older, the insurer announced.

California Appeals Court Rules Hospitals Needn't Disclose Patient Discounts

A California state appeals court has ruled that Sutter Health and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were not in violation of the state?s consumer protection laws when they did not disclose the existence of a discount policy. The issue of…

National Media Reports on Never Events as Medicare Reimbursement Change Approaches

For years hospital errors were corrected and billed as part of a patient’s treatment; in just a few months, Medicare will change that practice, and now, national media are starting to pay attention.

National Media Reports on Never Events as Medicare Reimbursement Change Approaches

For years hospital errors were corrected and billed as part of a patient’s treatment; in just a few months, Medicare will change that practice, and now, national media are starting to pay attention.

GI Catches a Break: Aetna Delays Controversial Sedation Policy

Aetna has announced that it will delay its plans to institute a new policy under which the insurer would cover monitored anesthesia care only for high-risk patients, according to the company’s web site.