The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance recently approved measures that will allow insurers to assess a penalty of up to 30 percent of eligible charges for Personal Injury Protection plan patients that use out-of-network ASCs.
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Thomas Wherry, MD, an anesthesiologist, medical director of Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, a company dedicated to finding strategic solutions for issues relating to anesthesia care, discusses four ways ASCs can make improve anesthesia provision more efficient.
Kevin McDonough, senior manager at the Dallas office of VMG Health, makes nine points on transactions and valuations of ambulatory surgery centers.
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Jay Rom, president of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, makes six points on the future of ambulatory surgery centers.
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