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There are several tough coding issues ambulatory surgery centers face every day, whether they arise from incomplete documentation, coding updates or technical challenges with capturing the right information for procedures performed. In a webinar presented titled "Tough Coding Issues Facing…
Here are six "firsts" for surgery centers related to orthopedics or spine that occurring within the last year.
Robert Boeglin, MD, an ophthalmologist, is the board president for Midwest Eye Institute in Indianapolis and co-founder of Health Venture Management, a company that develops surgery center partnerships between physicians and Clarian Health. Dr. Boeglin first joined Midwest Eye Institute…
Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis already face increased risk of bacterial infections, but use of high-dose steroids could significantly increase that risk, according to research from the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on juvenile…
The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery in Dallas, which is a Meridian Surgical Partners facility, is the first surgery center to purchase the O-Arm Surgical Imaging System, which provides intraoperative CT navigation, to improve surgical precision and reduce the need…
The Better Pharmaceuticals and Devices for Children Act, introduced by Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.), has been passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the Better Pharmaceuticals and Devices…
The CDC has released a statement that reiterates its position on the use of single dose and single use vials in an effort to ensure clinicians are clear about CDC guidelines. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on…
The guidelines that refer to physician and coding staff associated with CPT code 29880 and 29881 changed when chondroplasty is performed with a meniscectomy, meaning the change for 2012 is with the meniscectomy CPT codes — not with the chondroplasty…
Mary Ann Kelly, administrator of Madison (Ala.) Surgery Center, has helped her ASC grow its case volume from 4,000 patients a year to 11,000 patients a year since the center's inception eight years ago. Here she discusses five strategies to…