Increasing quality of care means paying careful attention to your risk management procedures and taking extra steps to prevent errors. Sandra J. Jones, executive vice president of ASD Management, discusses three mistakes ASCs make with risk management and how to…
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Pre- and post-operative care can be especially difficult because a good healing process is dependent on understanding and cooperation from the patient. Sandra Jones, executive vice president of ASD Management, offers four suggestions on improving pre- and post-operative care.
Angela Wustner, business analyst at Physicians Endoscopy, which operates 20 GI centers across the country, shares three ways GI/endoscopy-driven ASCs can reduce costs.
Center for Sight Ambulatory Surgery Center in Sarasota, Fla., has announced it has been granted three-year accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
Congress is on its way to granting President Obama's request for a record $1.7 billion to stamp out healthcare fraud, with $116 million of that to go toward expanding Medicare strike forces, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Congressional investigators report it takes approximately six months for fraud busters hired by Medicare to report cases to law enforcement, according to a USA Today report.
Susan Kizirian, chief operating officer for ASCOA, shares three ways ASCs can reduce their payroll costs without negatively impacting the quality of care provided.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual regulatory update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the proposed 2011 update), including rules implementing key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended…
Caryl A. Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, president and founder of Serbin Surgery Center Billing, suggests following these five guidelines to help your ASC perform proper patient insurance verification.
Mercy Health System, based in Conshohocken, Pa., has agreed to pay Medicare $7.9 million for overbilling the healthcare program, according to a report by The Times Herald.