Dale Hockel is vice president of clinical engineering services and supply chain for TriMedx, a provider of healthcare equipment services serving many different types of providers including hospitals and ASCs.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas has implemented a new payment policy for out-of-network ASCs in which the insurer will send the entire reimbursement for services at OON facilities directly to the patient. Patients will then be responsible for sending…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a notice to Aetna on April 5 of the agency's intent to impose an intermediate sanction to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries continue to have access to prescription drugs under Medicare's requirements, according…
The Senate has approved a temporary fix for the planned 21.3 percent Medicare physician fee cut that went into effect April 1, according to a report by the Washington Post.
Theresa Palicki is the administrator of Eastside Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, a joint venture between physicians and OhioHealth. It is managed by Health Inventures.