Officials from Minnesota's hospital, nurse and physicians' associations are urging state lawmakers and Governor Tim Pawlenty to cover the state's low-income residents with the state-federal Medicaid plan rather than a revamped General Assistance Medical Care plan negotiated in April, according…
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A recent OIG report suggests a temporary provision that allows medical equipment suppliers to list their national provider identifier instead of the ordering physician's NPI creates a potential risk for Medicare fraud, according to a report by American Medical News.
Here are the average recovery times in the PACU for the top procedure by specialty for ASCs with 1-2 ORs, according to Genascis.
A post-hoc analysis of a Phase 3 safety study demonstrated that tapentadol tablets were associated with a lower incidence of nausea, vomiting and constipation when compared to oxycodone immediate release tablets in elderly patients with moderate to severe low-back or…
Downey (Calif.) Surgical Center and Tarzana (Calif.) Surgery Center have filed an amended class action complaint on behalf of all "similarly situated" ASCs against UnitedHealth, Ingenix and a number of their client plans for systematically underpaying out-of-network ASCs by millions…
The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced plans to reduce ASC reimbursements to 120 percent of the Medicare ASC rate as part of a larger plan to reduce state workers' compensation costs by $1.2 billion, according to the California Ambulatory…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has launched the "IP Program Evaluation Tool," designed to help professionals assess the resources needed to improve patient safety through infection prevention programs, according to an APIC news release.
With college graduations starting, the Obama administration will ask insurers to allow young adults to say on their parents' plans until age 26 rather than wait until this standard is required on Sept. 23, according to report by ABC News.
Under CEO Michael Young, Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta has reached a positive operating margin for the first time in a decade, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Specific characteristics of the area in which an ASC is located can have a direct impact on the ASC's value. Here are seven specific market risk factors and the relative importance ASC operators place on each factor, according to VMG…