Kenny Spitler, senior vice president – development for HealthMark Partners, describes a decision an ASC made that improved profitability and a decision by an ASC that hindered it.
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Eric Dow, administrator of Lone Star Endoscopy in Keller, Texas, a freestanding endoscopic ASC managed by Physicians Endoscopy, suggests following these five guidelines to improve turnover time between colonoscopies.
Baskaran Thangarasan, a licensed physical therapist from Farmington Hills, Mich., has been sentenced to 57 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.3 million in restitution for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, according to a joint news release…
Pittsburgh, Pa.-based West Penn Allegheny Health System and its affiliate Canonsburg General Hospital plan to open a $14 million ambulatory care and surgery center in Peters Township, Pa., just south of Pittsburgh, according to a West Penn Allegheny news release.
SourceMedical has announced the launching of PerformanceExpert, a program intended to help ASCs improve the use of their SourceMedical software.
CMS has extended a hold on processing physician claims through this coming Thursday, anticipating the Senate would cancel a 21.3 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements by that time, according to an e-mail from CMS.
Increasingly, surgery centers and practices related to surgery centers attempt to profit from the providing of anesthesia services. In the last couple of years, the American Society for Anesthesia has attacked various models as improper kickback relationships and has argued…
The Senate is not expected to vote on a proposed Medicare physician fee-fix before Friday, three days after CMS will start applying a required 21.3 percent cut to physician claims, according to the chief lobbyist for the AMA.
The following leaders of national healthcare trade associations, representing key healthcare constituencies, had a crucial role in shaping the healthcare reform law. Here are summaries of what each did on behalf of their members, how the law will affect their…
Executive SummaryThere is no more controversial issue in the outpatient market today than out-of-network billing. It is important to understand the risks as well as the benefits for your ambulatory surgery center (ASC). This is particularly true given the dramatic…