Ken Bulow is COO of GENASCIS. Q: How do ambulatory surgery centers come up with usual and customary fees to bill insurance companies for out-of-network procedures?
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CMS has issued an update of the ambulatory surgical center payment system.
Nevada legislators have passed a regulation which will increase ambulatory surgery center licensing fees almost 300 percent to help cover the cost of mandated facility inspections, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Surgicare of Wichita (Kan.) has purchased property to build a new ambulatory surgery center in the city, according to a report from the Wichita Business Journal.
1. Develop a difficult airway cart. Thomas Wherry, MD, medical director for Total Anesthesia Solutions and medical director for Health Inventures, says an ambulatory surgery center’s first priority in improving airway management should be tasking anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists with…
The federal government has filed a civil lawsuit against New York City for allegedly overcharging Medicaid for 24-hour patient services, according to a Wall Street Journal news report.
In a study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, researchers assessed the patient recovery-time burden of the water method with the option of on-demand sedation during colonoscopies.
Cecil Risher, Jr., the former office manager of an orthopedic supply company in Brunswick, Ga., has pleaded guilty to his role in a fraud scheme that bilked more than $500,000 from Medicare, according to a Florida Times-Union report.
Researchers conducted a study analyzing the safety and effectiveness of a computer-assisted personalized sedation system that integrates propofol delivery with patient monitoring, according to a study to be published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Recovery audit contractors have been identifying errors in drug dosages that lead to overbilling, according to a report by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists.